Hymenophyllum capillare Desv.

Species

Angiosperms > Zingiberales > Zingiberaceae > Hymenophylloideae > Hymenophyllum

Characteristics

Rhizome creeping. Fronds borne 40-50 mm apart; stipe filiform, 10-35 mm long, not winged but set with stellate hairs; lamina linear, up to 150 x 23 mm; pinnae pinnatifid (with frequent bilobing of acroscopic basal segment) into up to 7 linear, entire, broadly acute to rounded, lobes, 9 x 1.5 mm, set with stalked stellate hairs on margins and veins; rhachis not winged, set with stellate hairs. Sori borne at apices of lobes, obconic, 1-1.2 mm in diameter, with rounded indusial valves set with stellate hairs.
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Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

Leaf

Hymenophyllum capillare leaf picture by cyprien alexandre (cc-by-sa)
Hymenophyllum capillare leaf picture by cyprien alexandre (cc-by-sa)
Hymenophyllum capillare leaf picture by Pascale Ghestem (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Hymenophyllum capillare world distribution map, present in Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Comoros, Ethiopia, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi, Réunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17122070-1
WFO ID wfo-0001107538
COL ID 3NK9G
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 706401
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Synonyms

Sphaerocionium pendulum Hymenophyllum pendulum Hymenophyllum holotrichum Hymenophyllum fulvum Sphaerocionium capillare Hymenophyllum capillare Sphaerocionium capillare var. alternialatum Hymenophyllum capillare var. alternialatum