Ahamada H. Saïd;Sabine Hennequin;Germinal Rouhan;Jean-Yves Dubuisson
Trichomanes
Sign in to saveTrichomanes is a genus of ferns in the family Hymenophyllaceae, termed bristle ferns. The circumscription of the genus is disputed. All ferns in the genus are filmy ferns, with leaf tissue typically 2 cells thick. This thinness generally necessitates a permanently humid habitat, and makes the fronds somewhat translucent. Because of this membrane-like frond tissue, the plant is prone to drying out. "Filmy ferns" in the taxa Hymenophyllaceae grow in constantly wet environments. Many are found in cloud forests such as "Choco" in Colombia. There are also members of the taxa that can grow submersed
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPolypodiopsida
- OrderHymenophyllales
- FamilyHymenophyllaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4,057
- With media
- 2,571
- Family
- Hymenophyllaceae
- Collections
- UNICACH, IIB-UV, TAES, BRIT, NY, ANSP
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Dominica, Peru, Philippines, Taiwan, Brazil, Jamaica, Colombia
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Phylogeny
- References
Trichomanes is a genus of ferns in the family Hymenophyllaceae, termed bristle ferns. The circumscription of the genus is disputed. All ferns in the genus are filmy ferns, with leaf tissue typically 2 cells thick. This thinness generally necessitates a permanently humid habitat, and makes the fronds somewhat translucent. Because of this membrane-like frond tissue, the plant is prone to drying out. "Filmy ferns" in the taxa Hymenophyllaceae grow in constantly wet environments. Many are found in cloud forests such as "Choco" in Colombia. There are also members of the taxa that can grow submersed in water.
The name bristle fern refers to the small bristle that protrudes from the indusia of these ferns.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Trichomanes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.