Hymenophyllum fucoides (Sw.) Sw.

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1984. The Botany of the Guyana Highland - Part XII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 38: 1-84.

  • Family

    Hymenophyllaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Hymenophyllum fucoides (Sw.) Sw.

  • Discussion

    Trichomanes fucoides Swartz, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Prodr. 136. 1788.

    Hymenophyllum spinulosum H.B.K., Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 26 (fol. 21). 1815. Type. Mt. Avila, between La Guaira and Caracas, Distr. Fed., Venezuela, 750 hexap elev, Humboldt & Bonpland holotype P not seen, microfiche S. I. Library).

    Hymenophyllum cristatum Hook. & Grev., Icon. Fil. 2: t. 148. 1829. Type. Mt. Cayambe, Peru, 2500 hexap elev, Jameson in 1828 (holotype K not seen).

    Hymenophyllum peruvianum Hook. & Grev., Icon. Fil. 2: t. 208. 1831. Type. Esmeraldas, Ecuador, 5000 ft, Jameson (holotype K not seen).

    Leptocionium fucoides (Swartz) Presl, Hymenophyll. 27. 1844.

    Hymenophyllum blepharodes Presl, Hymenophyll. 51. 1844. Type. Martinique, Kohaut (holotype PR not seen).

    Hymenophyllum pedicellatum Kunze ex Klotzsch, Linnaea 20: 439. 1847. Type. Merida, Edo. Merida, Venezuela, Moritz 346 (holotype B not seen, isotypes BR not seen photo 4834, US).

    Hymenophyllum fucoides var. frigidum Liebm., K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. V, 1: 291. 1849. Type. Cerro de Zempoaltepec, Edo. Oaxaca, Mexico, 8000-9000 ft, Liebmann (holotype C not seen).

    Dermatophlebium cristatum (Hook. & Grev.) Presl, Abhandl. K. Boehm. Gesell. Wiss. V, 6: 618. 1851

    Hymenophyllum podocarpon Fee, Crypt. Vase. Bres. 1: 196, t. 71, f 3. 1869. Type. Organ Mountains, Est. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Glaziou 3350 (holotype P not seen photos 4579, 4580).

    Leptocionium pedicellatum (Kunze ex Klotzsch) Foum., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 19: 249. 1872.

    Hymenophyllum fucoides var. integrum Kuhn ex Christ in Pitt., Prim. Fl. Costar. 3(1): 3. 1901. Type. Guatemala, BemouUi 340 (holotype P not seen).

    Hymenophyllum fucoides var. pedicellatum (Kunze ex Klotzsch) Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. Engler 34: 435. 1904.

    Hymenophyllum fucoides var. cristatum (Presl) Hieron., Hedwigia 45: 227, 1906. Meringinum fucoides (Swartz) Copel., Philippine J. Sci. 67: 45. 1938.

    Type. Jamaica, Swartz (holotype S not seen photo 6174, isotypes B-Hb. Willd. 20227-1 not seen photo G H , B M not seen photo 6590).

  • Distribution

    General distribution. Antilles. Southern Mexico to Bolivia and Brazil.Guayana Highland distribution. Epiphytic on mossy tree trunks and branches, rarely epipetric on mossy rocks.

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