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Rhizome erect, short; rhizome scales concolorous. Fronds monomorphic, tufted, 0.5–2.5 m long. Stipe 0.3–1.5 m long, very fleshy and thick. Lamina ovate-triangular in outline, divided in 3 equal branches of 1 m long, 25 cm wide, the laterals with smaller similar branches and frond appearing pedately branched; each branch bipinnate with up to 30 pairs of pinnules; pinnules (2–)5–25 x 1.3–3 cm wide; ultimate segments ± oblong, straight or falcate, 0.3–2 x 0.3-0.7 cm; veins with narrow areoles along costae and costules and anastomosing in ultimate lobes. Sori extending from sinus about halfway or to near top of segments. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | tripartita: tripartate, consisting of three parts, referring to the lamina that is divided in 3 equal branches. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Meerts, P. et al. (2026). A checklist of the vascular plants of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. PhytoKeys 277 |