Region: Lesser Antilles islands; Caribbean; Saint Kitts, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Vincent, Grenada.
Habitat: rainforest.
Ecology: rare; endangered; cannot be cultivated, because the requirements are unknown.
BotanyFern; tropical; large, up to 200 cm tall.
Root: radially arranged, creeping rhizomes; up to 15 cm thick.
Leaves: pinnate; pinna apices are finely denticulate.