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Rhizome erect, short; rhizome scales dark brown, to 4 mm long, narrowly triangular in outline, apex abruptly narrowedinto a tapering point, margin pale brown with few hair-like lobes. Fronds monomorphic, tufted, pinnate, proliferous, subcoriaceous. Stipe 10–30 cm long, greyish, with few narrow, black scales to 3 mm long. Lamina ovate-lanceolate in outline, 14–30 x 4–6 cm, with 13-18 pairs of pinnae, basal pinnae not or only slightly reduced, apical pinnae abruptly narrowed into a linear lobed terminal pinna, at its base often proliferous; pinnae ovate or elliptic in outline, apex shortly tapering to point or rounded, base unequal, often slightly auriculate on the acroscopic side, margin slightly crenate-dentate, 2–4 x 0.5–1.2 cm, sessile, closely spaced; rhachis scaly; veins mostly simple, . Sori in 6–7 pairs on each side of the costa, at angle of 45°, 2–4 mm long; indusium linear, membranous, entire, 0.4–0.5 mm wide. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | barteri: after Charles Barter (1821-1859), Scottish gardener and botanist, who died in Nigeria after a failed expedition. |
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Meerts, P. et al. (2026). A checklist of the vascular plants of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. PhytoKeys 277 |