Hymenophyllum gracilescens Domin

Species

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Characteristics

Rhizome slender, glabrescent. Fronds 2.5–9 cm long. Stipe 0.5–2.5 cm long, obscurely winged, ± glabrous. Lamina oblong-elliptic, 1-or 2-pinnate-pinnatifid, 2–7.5 cm long, 0.8–3 cm wide; main rachis obscurely winged; pinnae widely spaced. Ultimate segments oblanceolate to elliptic, to 1.4 mm wide; margins finely toothed. Sori borne on reduced lower branches on the acroscopic side of the pinnae, mainly in the upper part of the frond; involucre ovate to narrowly ovate, bilabiate, divided to the base, 1.2–1.7 mm long, 0.6–1.3 mm wide, broader than the segment on which it is borne; margins finely to distinctly toothed apically; receptacle included.
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Grows on rocks in creek beds and streams and on granite boulders in montane tropical rainforest, mostly above 1000 m altitude.
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Distribution

Hymenophyllum gracilescens world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17285360-1
WFO ID wfo-0000145901
COL ID 6MP2K
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Synonyms

Hymenophyllum gracilescens