Similar to B. occidentale, but having the leaflets serrulate usually throughout (at least near apex), articulate at base, at least the sterile leaflets usually much narrower in relation to their width, seldom more than 1.8 cm wide. Starry 263. Rare or possibly no longer present on BCI; collected once in 1931.

Bocas Species Database

Characteristics: Helecho terrestre, creciendo en suelo lodoso. Terrestrial fern, growing in muddy soil