Elaphoglossum acrostichoides (Hook. & Grev.) Schelpe

acrostichoides: similar to Acrostichum, a fern belonging to the Parkeriaceae; members of this family are found in aquatic or swampy habitats.

Depending on exposure and habitat this species may be very variable in size and shape. Rhizome widely creeping, 5-8 mm in diameter; rhizome scales pale to dark brown, deltate-ovate to lanceolate, margin entire or with filiform outgrows. Fronds simple, closely space apart, erect or arching, herbaceous to coriaceous, weakly to strongly dimorphic. Sterile fronds: stipe up to 15 cm long, brown to stramineous when dry, grooved ventrally, articulated near the base, glabrous to lightly set with entire, pale brown scales; stipe of sterile fronds on average half as long as that of fertile fronds. Sterile lamina obovate to elliptic to lanceolate in outline, apex rounded, base tapering, 3-35 × 1-3.6 cm, dark green and glabrous above, paler and with a few dot-like scales below, margin entire to wavy. Fertile fronds: same shape and length as sterile fronds but with a longer stipe and a smaller lamina. Sporangia covering the undersurface of the lamina except for the midrib.

South Africa into Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi and most of tropical Africa, also Madagascar.

Elaphoglossum acrostichoides là một loài thực vật có mạch trong họ Lomariopsidaceae. Loài này được (Hook. & Grev.) Schelpe mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1964.