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Bristle Ferns
Trichomanoideae
The Hymenophyllaceae (filmy ferns and bristle ferns) are a family of two to nine genera (depending on classification system) and ca 650 known species of ferns, with a subcosmopolitan distribution, but generally restricted to very damp places or to locations where they are wetted by spray from waterfalls or springs. A recent fossil find shows that ferns of Hymenophyllaceae have existed since at least the Upper Triassic.
8 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Trichomanes
genusTrichomanes
Vandenboschia
genusVandenboschia
Weft Ferns
genusCrepidomanes
Abrodictyum
genusAbrodictyum
Didymoglossum
genusDidymoglossum
Polyphlebium
genusPolyphlebium
Callistopteris
genusCallistopteris
Cephalomanes
genusCephalomanes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 868610.