Amauropelta oppositiformis (C. Chr.) Holtt.

oppositiformis: formed opposite; refers to the opposite position of the pinnae.

Rhizome short erect; rhizome scales up to 4 mm long, brown, narrowly ovate, entire. Fronds tufted, erect to arching, not proliferous, herbaceous. Stipe up to 4 cm long, matt to dark brown, with minute white hairs. Lamina up to 60 × 15 cm, narrowly oblong-lanceolate to elliptic in outline, 2-pinnatifid, lower pinnae gradually reduced and widely spaced, lowest pinnae auriculate, reduced and reflexed. Pinnae narrowly oblong-lanceolate, up to 9 × 1.5 cm; upper surface with short, white hairs; lower surface subglabrous but with distinctive yellowish or reddish glands particularly along the veins and the costules. Ultimate lobes oblong, apex rounded to acute, margins entire; veins 6-7 pairs, not meeting the veins of the adjacent lobes. Rhachis pale brown, thinly set with minute pale hairs. Sori up to 8 per lobe; exindusiate or indusia small, with short white hairs, very quickly falling of.

Rare

Burundi, Cameroon, DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe.

Amauropelta oppositiformis là một loài thực vật có mạch trong họ Thelypteridaceae. Loài này được (C. Chr.) Holttum mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1974.