Trichomanes tanaicum Hook.

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Hymenophyllaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Trichomanes tanaicum Hook.

  • Discussion

    Lacostea tanaica (Hook, ex Sturm in Mart.) Prantl, Unters. Morph. Gefaesskrypt. 1: 50. 1875.

    Trichomanes ankersii var. tanaicum (Hook, ex Sturm in Mart.) Sadeb. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1(4): 105. 1899.

    Trichomanes carolianum Vareschi, Acta Bot. Venez. 1: 88,/ 3A. 1966. Type. Piedra Canbe, Alto Casiquiare, Edo. Bolivar, Venezuela, Vareschi & Magdefrau 6677 (holotype V E N not seen).

    Type. Near Tanaii, Rio Acara, Est. Para, Brazil, Spruce 410 (holotype B not seen; isotypes [as "'Spruce 44''] K not seen Kramer photo, U S ).

  • Distribution

    General distribution. Colombia to Venezuela and Amazonian Peru.Guayana Highland distribution. Hemiepiphytic on tree tmnks.

    Colombia South America| Venezuela South America| Peru South America| Guyana South America|