Fern Encyclopedia

Trichomanes holopterum (Entire-winged Filmy Fern)

Trichomanes holopterum, the Entire-winged Filmy Fern, is a Neotropical Hymenophyllaceae species distinguished by a continuous wing of laminar tissue along the entire rachis. Small pinnate filmy fronds of 5 to...

Trichomanes holopterum (Entire-winged Filmy Fern)

Trichomanes holopterum, the Entire-winged Filmy Fern, is a Neotropical Hymenophyllaceae species distinguished by a continuous wing of laminar tissue along the entire rachis. Small pinnate filmy fronds of 5 to...

Trichomanes cellulosum (Cellular Filmy Fern)

Trichomanes cellulosum, the Cellular Filmy Fern, is a Neotropical cloud-forest fern with translucent fronds only one to two cells thick, displaying a visible cellular pattern diagnostic for the species. Small...

Trichomanes cellulosum (Cellular Filmy Fern)

Trichomanes cellulosum, the Cellular Filmy Fern, is a Neotropical cloud-forest fern with translucent fronds only one to two cells thick, displaying a visible cellular pattern diagnostic for the species. Small...

Trichomanes boschianum (Appalachian Filmy Fern)

Trichomanes boschianum, the Appalachian filmy fern, correctly assigned under modern classification to the genus Vandenboschia as V. boschiana, is the only representative of the pantropical filmy-fern family to reach the...

Trichomanes boschianum (Appalachian Filmy Fern)

Trichomanes boschianum, the Appalachian filmy fern, correctly assigned under modern classification to the genus Vandenboschia as V. boschiana, is the only representative of the pantropical filmy-fern family to reach the...

Todea barbara var. rigida (Stiff King Fern, Rig...

Todea barbara var. rigida is a South African variety of the King Fern characterised by distinctly more coriaceous, rigid pinnules that lack the translucent crepe-paper texture of the typical variety....

Todea barbara var. rigida (Stiff King Fern, Rig...

Todea barbara var. rigida is a South African variety of the King Fern characterised by distinctly more coriaceous, rigid pinnules that lack the translucent crepe-paper texture of the typical variety....

Todea barbara var. africana (African King Fern)

Todea barbara var. africana is the South African representative of the King Fern, a Gondwanan relict of the ancient family Osmundaceae with a fossil record exceeding 200 million years. It...

Todea barbara var. africana (African King Fern)

Todea barbara var. africana is the South African representative of the King Fern, a Gondwanan relict of the ancient family Osmundaceae with a fossil record exceeding 200 million years. It...

Todea papuana (Papuan King Fern)

Todea papuana is the most obscure member of the genus Todea in Osmundaceae, a tropical montane fern endemic to the cloud forests of Papua New Guinea's central highlands between 1500...

Todea papuana (Papuan King Fern)

Todea papuana is the most obscure member of the genus Todea in Osmundaceae, a tropical montane fern endemic to the cloud forests of Papua New Guinea's central highlands between 1500...