Hicriopteris maxima Ching, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 2: 348. 1959.

Plants ca. 3 m tall. Fronds 2-pinnate; stipe brown, ca. 1 m × 5-7 mm; pinnae elliptic, 90-100 × 45-50 cm, base slightly attenuate, apex acuminate; pinnules many, plane, alternate or subopposite, deeply pinnatifid, narrowly lanceolate, 20-25 × 2.5-4 cm, apex long acuminate; lobes alternate, 50-70 on each side, horizontally spreading, linear or lanceolate, 15-20 × 3-3.5 mm, apex obtuse or sometimes emarginate; lamina submembranous, costae and veins abaxially with sparse stellate hairs; costae depressed adaxially; veins prominent on both surfaces. Sori with 3 sporangia.

● Under rocky cliffs; 1200-1400 m. Sichuan (Emei Shan).