Hymenophyllum digitatum (Sw.) Fosberg

Species

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Characteristics

Rhizome long creeping, very slender, wiry, with simple, brown, slightly downy hairs; hairs usually sparse at internodes, but crowded at nodes and roots. Stipe 8-30 mm, very slender, not winged, with sparse brown hairs. Lamina dichotomously branched, or sometimes with an indistinct rachis at base, sometimes with unequal branches; branches and ultimate lobes 1.5-2.5 mm wide, longest lobes ca. 2 cm; margins setiferous, setae dark brown, simple, short, stiff. Sori sunken in apices of lobes; hollow part of involucres obconical; mouth slightly 2-lipped, lips slightly rounded; receptacles usually projecting on older sori. 2n = 72, 144,
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Rhizome long-creeping, c. 0.1 mm diam., with sparse long golden-brown hairs. Fronds 2–5 cm long. Stipes slender, 0.8–30 mm long, not winged. Lamina dichotomously branched 2–4 or more times, 1.2–3 cm long, 0.4–3.5 cm wide; branches often of unequal length; ultimate segments 1.5–2 (–3) mm wide, olive-green; margins with scattered, short, stiff, dark hairs; sterile apices blunt or emarginate. Sori terminal, immersed in the apices of ultimate segments; involucre obconic, ± bilabiate, 1.2–2 mm long, 1.2–2 mm diam.; mouth dilated; receptacle excerted to 1 mm beyond the mouth.
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Grows on rocks and tree trunks in montane tropical rainforest.
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Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Hymenophyllum digitatum world distribution map, present in American Samoa, Australia, China, Cook Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Indonesia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Réunion, Solomon Islands, Sao Tome and Principe, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, Tanzania, United Republic of, Viet Nam, and Vanuatu

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17557440-1
WFO ID wfo-0001042545
COL ID 3NKBN
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INPN ID 706402
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Synonyms

Microtrichomanes taeniatum Trichomanes ampliatum Trichomanes taeniatum Gonocormus dichotomus Gonocormus digitatus Gonocormus flabellatus Hymenophyllum alternatum Microtrichomanes dichotomum Trichomanes dichotomum Trichomanes piliferum Hymenophyllum digitatum Trichomanes flabellatum Trichomanes loreum Trichomanes blumei Trichomanes digitatum Microtrichomanes digitatum Trichomanes lanceum Crepidomanes dichotomum