Eupodium kaulfussii (J. Sm.) Hook.

Marattia kaulfussii J. Smith ; Hook. Gen. Fil. sub pi. 26. 1839
Eupodium Kaulfussii J. Smith ; Hook. Gen. Fil. pi. 118. 1842,
Leaves up to 2 meters and more long, the stipe 60-90 cm. long ; lamina 90-120 cm. long, 60 cm. or more broad, deltoid, tripinnate or quadripinnatifid as to the basal pinnae; pinnae 30 cm. or more long, 15-20 cm. broad ; pinnules 8-10 cm. long, the rachis winged, the ultimate pinnules oblong, regularly pinnatifid, the lobes blunt ; veinlets forking ; synangia with a distinct stalk, distinctly intramarginal, deeply cleft, the valves spreading.
Type locality : Dominica.
Distribution : West Indies to Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil.