Wilson's filmy-fern
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Hymenophyllales
Family: Hymenophyllaceae
Genus: Hymenophyllum
Species:
H. wilsonii
Binomial name
Hymenophyllum wilsonii

Hymenophyllum wilsonii, the Wilson's filmy-fern,[1] is a small, fragile, perennial leptosporangiate fern which forms large dense colonies from creeping rhizomes.

Distribution

Confined to western Europe (Britain, Ireland, France, Norway, Spain and The Faeroes) and Macaronesia.

Gallery

  • Detail of Hymenophyllum wilsonii fronds. Indusia are present.
    Detail of Hymenophyllum wilsonii fronds. Indusia are present.
  • Hymenophyllum wilsonii colony.
    Hymenophyllum wilsonii colony.
  • Hymenophyllum wilsonii habitat. Near Kendal, Cumbria, England.
    Hymenophyllum wilsonii habitat. Near Kendal, Cumbria, England.

References

  1. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

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