Acrostichum cinnamomeum Baker
Acrostichum clarenceanum Baker
Acrostichum mannianum Mett.
Elaphoglossum clarenceanum (Baker) C.Chr.
Elaphoglossum mannianum Christ

Rhizome short; rhizome scales big, pale, base straight, margin scalloped, cells thin-walled, pale colorless lumen. Fronds dimorphic, tufted, texture thick. Stipe much longer than the lamina, completely covered in long, pale slender scales; stipe of fertile frond much longer. Lamina simple, sterile lamina lanceolate or oblong in outline, apex short tapered, base wedge-shaped, 7-10 x 2-4 cm; margin, costa, veins and surfaces underside with brown red scales, base broad, sharply narrowed into a long tapering apex, upper surfaces with a few deciduous scales; veins little visible; fertile lamina smaller and obtuse. Sori covering the whole undersurface of the fertile frond.

On trees, 1000-2000 m altitude.

See African distribution.

Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (incl. Bioko), Liberia.

Epiphytic.