Hymenophyllum
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Hymenophyllum

filmy fern
ohiaku
palaihinahina
palailaulii

Hierarchical position of the Genus Hymenophyllum

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Polypodiophyta Cronquist
syn. Filicinophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966.
common name: ferns
  
   Subdivisio  Polypodiophytina Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
  
   Classis  Polypodiopsida Cronquist
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966.
  
   Subclassis  Polypodiidae Cronquist
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966.
  
   Ordo  Hymenophyllales A.B. Frank in Leunis
pub. Syn. Pflanzenk., ed. 2, 3: 1453. 1877.
   Subordo  Hymenophyllineae Bessey
pub. Bot. High Schools: 376. Mai-Sep 1880.
   Familia  Hymenophyllaceae Link
pub. Handbuch 3: 36. Jul-Dec 1833.
   Subfamilia  Hymenophylloideae Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 324. Jun 1835.
   Tribus  Hymenophylleae Bory ex Gaudich. in Freyc.
pub. Voy. Uranie, Bot.: 262. 16 Aug 1828.
   Subtribus  Hymenophyllinae Fr.
pub. Summa Veg. Scand.: 255. 1845.
   Genus  Hymenophyllum Sm.
pub. (1793)
common name: filmy fern

Named members of the Genus Hymenophyllum

1
   Species  asplenioides (Sw.) Sw.
common name: Caribbean filmy fern
2
   Species  axillare Sw.
common name: axillary filmy fern
3
   Species  baldwinii D.C. Eat.
syn. Trichomanes bauerianum
4
   Species  brevifrons Kunze
common name: Antilles filmy fern
5
   Species  ciliatum (Sw.) Sw.
syn. Hymenophyllum hirsutum
6
   Species  contortum Bosch
syn. Hymenophyllum fendlerianum
7
   Species  crispum auct. non Kunth
syn. Hymenophyllum fendlerianum
8
   Species  decurrens (Jacq.) Sw.
common name: Sierra de Luquillo filmy fern
9
   Species  elegantulum Bosch
 
10
   Varietas  petiolulatum Morton
syn. Hymenophyllum tegularis
11
   Species  fendlerianum Sturm
common name: twisted filmy fern
12
   Species  fragile (Hedw.) Morton
common name: fragile filmy fern
13
   Species  fucoides (Sw.) Sw.
common name: graceful filmy fern
14
   Species  hirsutum (L.) Sw.
common name: hairy filmy fern
15
   Species  lanatum F�e
common name: woolly filmy fern
16
   Species  lanceolatum Hook. & Arn.
common name: palaihinahina
17
   Species  lineare (Sw.) Sw.
common name: longtom filmy fern
18
   Species  macrothecum F�e
common name: mountain filmy fern
19
   Species  microcarpum Desv.
common name: creeping filmy fern
20
   Species  obtusum Hook. & Arn.
common name: palailaulii
21
   Species  paucicarpum Jenman
common name: Jamaican filmy fern
22
   Species  polyanthos (Sw.) Sw.
 
23
   Varietas  protrusum (Hook.) Farw.
syn. Hymenophyllum decurrens
24
   Species  protrusum Hook.
syn. Hymenophyllum decurrens
25
   Species  recurvum Gaud.
common name: ohiaku
26
   Species  sieberi (K. Presl) Bosch
common name: Sieber's filmy fern
27
   Species  tayloriae Farrar & Raine
common name: Taylor's filmy fern
28
   Species  tegularis (Desv.) Proctor & Lourteig
common name: elegant filmy fern
29
   Species  tunbrigense (L.) Sm.
common name: Tunbridge filmy fern
30
   Species  undulatum (Sw.) Sw.
common name: wavy filmy fern
31
   Species  wrightii Bosch
common name: Wright's filmy fern

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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