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.

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

Distribution

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

References

  1. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

Further reading

  • Page, C.N. (1997). The ferns of Britain and Ireland. 2nd Ed. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.
  • Proctor, M.C.F. (2003). Comparative Ecophysiological Measurements on the Light Responses, Water Relations and Desiccation Tolerance of the Filmy Ferns Hymenophyllum wilsonii Hook. and H. tunbrigense (L.) Smith Ann Bot 91 (6).
  • Richards, P.W., Evans, G.B. (1972). Biological Flora of the British Isles. No. 126. Hymenophyllum tunbrigense (L.) Sm. (pp. 245–258), Hymenophyllum wilsonii Hooker (258-268). Journal of Ecology 60.


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