Hymenophyllaceae
Trichomanes

Trichomanes diaphanum Kunth

First published in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 25 (1816)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Society Islands (Moorea), Marquesas, Central & S. Tropical America, Tropical & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean. It is an epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean, Guiana Shield, Pacific. Elevation range: 50–2800 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Cauca, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Nariño, Santander, Tolima.
Habit
Herb.
[UPFC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Colombia
[CPLC]

Hymenophyllaceae, A. H. G. Alston. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Ferns and Fern-Allies Supplement. 1959

Ecology
On trees; about 3, 000 ft. alt.
[FWTA]

Hymenophyllaceae, Henk Beentje. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2008

Type
Type: Réunion [Ins. Borboniae], Boivin 908 (B!, lecto.; P, iso.)
Morphology General Habit
Lithophyte or occasionally a low epiphyte.
Vegetative Multiplication Rhizomes
Rhizome creeping, filiform, with unbranched brown to black hairs to 1 mm long
Morphology Leaves
Fronds spaced at 1–4 cm intervals; stipe 6–65 mm long, narrowly winged in upper half, glabrous except near very base; lamina ovate to lanceolate in outline, 2.5–14 × 1.5–5.5 cm, 2–3-pinnatifid; rachis winged; pinnae 6–14 on each side, up to 3.5 × 1 cm, spreading at 45–90°; ultimate segments linear, obtuse to emarginate; false veins or longitudinal drying folds absent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Sori
Sori in upper part of lamina, indusium narrowly obconic, 2–2.5 mm long, 0.6–1.4 mm in diameter, (narrowly) winged; lips flared, receptacle exserted up to 7 mm
Figures
Fig 11: 1-4, p27
Ecology
In moist forest by streams, either on moss-covered rocks or (less often) a low epiphyte, once described as terrestrial; usually uncommon, but sometimes locally common and on Ithanguni said to be locally dominant; 1400–2600 m
Conservation
Least concern (LC); widely distributed
Distribution
Flora districts: K3 K4 K7 T2 T6 Range: From Guinea to Kenya and S to South Africa; Madagascar, Mascarene Islands
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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