Hymenophyllaceae Mart.

Details

Name scientific

Hymenophyllaceae Mart., Consp. Regn. Veg. 3 (1835)

Preferred name

Hymenophyllaceae Mart.

Taxonomy reference

Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2016: Hymenophyllaceae. In: Breitwieser, I; Heenan, P.B.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Ferns and Lycophytes. Fascicle 16. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Linked name

Hymenophyllaceae

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

Mart.

Authors

Mart.

Publication place

Martius, C.F.P. von 1835: Conspectus Regni Vegetabilis. Schrag, Nürnberg.

Year published

1835

Publication page

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Hymenophyllaceae Mart.

Taxonomic rank

family

Canonical form

Hymenophyllaceae

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Hymenophyllales

Family

Hymenophyllaceae

Subordinates

Descriptions

Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Hymenophyllaceae Mart.

Description

Receptacle formed by extension of veinlet; indusium bivalved to urceolate or tubular, terminal on segs; annulus complete, oblique to nearly transverse; spores tetrahedral. Terrestrial, rupestral, or epiphytic, mostly with well-developed rhizome; fronds delicate, "filmy", with the lamina predominately one-cell thick. Family of subcosmopolitan distribution, variously divided into a few or many genera.