Ferns of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia

Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in C:\Data\serverroots\htdocs\ThaiFerns\factsheets\functions.php on line 17

Family

Hymenophyllaceae

Nomenclature

Crepidomanes brevipes (C.Presl) Copel., Philipp. J. Sci. 67: 60. 1938; Tagawa & K.Iwats., SouthE. Asian Stud. 5: 42. 1967; Tagawa & K.Iwats., Fl. Thailand 3: 91. 1979; Tagawa & K.Iwats., Fl. Thailand 3: 613. 1989; Boonkerd & Pollawatn, Pterid. Thailand: 69. 2000. – Didymoglossum brevipes C.Presl, Hymenophyllaceae: 139. 1843. – Trichomanes brevipes (C.Presl) Baker, Syn. Fil.: 84. 1867; Copel., Philipp. J. Sci. 51: 182, pl. 20. 1933.

Description

Rhizome slender, densely covered with dark brownish hairs, bearing the fronds about 1 cm apart. Stipes short, 0.2–0.6 cm long, winged in the upper part. Laminae bipinnatifid, ovate to oblong-ovate, moderately acute at apex, cuneate at base, 1.5–2 cm long, 0.7–1 cm wide; pinnae with 2–5 segments, costae and costules with broad wings; ultimate segments round to acute at apex, entire and flat, about 0.6 mm wide, decurrent onto axes forming wings; false veinlets many, short and oblique, or submarginal and interrupted. Sori at apices of the short acroscopic segments; involucre tubular, winged, with bilabiate mouth, the lips round at apex, about one-third of the length of the involucre .

Distribution in Thailand

PENINSULAR: Krabi, Trang.

Wider Distribution

Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea and Micronesia.

Ecology

On moist rocks near streams in dense evergreen forest.

Proposed IUCN Conservation Assessment

Least Concern (LC). This species is widespread and not under any immediate known threat.

	Ferns of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia
Home \| Species Index \| Glossary
Crepidomanes brevipes (C.Presl) Copel. Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in C:\Data\serverroots\htdocs\ThaiFerns\factsheets\functions.php on line 17 Family Hymenophyllaceae Nomenclature Crepidomanes brevipes (C.Presl) Copel., Philipp. J. Sci. 67: 60. 1938; Tagawa & K.Iwats., SouthE. Asian Stud. 5: 42. 1967; Tagawa & K.Iwats., Fl. Thailand 3: 91. 1979; Tagawa & K.Iwats., Fl. Thailand 3: 613. 1989; Boonkerd & Pollawatn, Pterid. Thailand: 69. 2000. – Didymoglossum brevipes C.Presl, Hymenophyllaceae: 139. 1843. – Trichomanes brevipes (C.Presl) Baker, Syn. Fil.: 84. 1867; Copel., Philipp. J. Sci. 51: 182, pl. 20. 1933. Description Rhizome slender, densely covered with dark brownish hairs, bearing the fronds about 1 cm apart. Stipes short, 0.2–0.6 cm long, winged in the upper part. Laminae bipinnatifid, ovate to oblong-ovate, moderately acute at apex, cuneate at base, 1.5–2 cm long, 0.7–1 cm wide; pinnae with 2–5 segments, costae and costules with broad wings; ultimate segments round to acute at apex, entire and flat, about 0.6 mm wide, decurrent onto axes forming wings; false veinlets many, short and oblique, or submarginal and interrupted. Sori at apices of the short acroscopic segments; involucre tubular, winged, with bilabiate mouth, the lips round at apex, about one-third of the length of the involucre . Distribution in Thailand PENINSULAR: Krabi, Trang. Wider Distribution Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea and Micronesia. Ecology On moist rocks near streams in dense evergreen forest. Proposed IUCN Conservation Assessment Least Concern (LC). This species is widespread and not under any immediate known threat. Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in C:\Data\serverroots\htdocs\ThaiFerns\factsheets\functions.php on line 17
Site hosted by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Content managed by Stuart Lindsay, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore and David Middleton, Singapore Botanic Gardens. Last updated 24 January 2012