Hymenophyllum wilsonii

Hymenophyllum wilsonii, the Wilson's filmy-fern,[1] is a small, fragile, perennial leptosporangiate fern which forms large dense colonies from creeping rhizomes.

Wilson's filmy-fern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Hymenophyllales
Family: Hymenophyllaceae
Genus: Hymenophyllum
Species:
H. wilsonii
Binomial name
Hymenophyllum wilsonii

Taxonomy

Distribution

Confined to western Europe (Britain, Ireland, France, Norway, Spain and The Faeroes) and Macaronesia.

Ecology and conservation
  • Detail of Hymenophyllum wilsonii fronds. Indusia are present.
  • Hymenophyllum wilsonii colony.
  • Hymenophyllum wilsonii habitat. Near Kendal, Cumbria, England.

References
  1. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

Further reading
  • Page, C.N. (1997). The ferns of Britain and Ireland. 2nd Ed. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.
  • Proctor, M.C.F. (2003). Comparative Ecophysiological Measurements on the Light Responses, Water Relations and Desiccation Tolerance of the Filmy Ferns Hymenophyllum wilsonii Hook. and H. tunbrigense (L.) Smith Ann Bot 91 (6).
  • Richards, P.W., Evans, G.B. (1972). Biological Flora of the British Isles. No. 126. Hymenophyllum tunbrigense (L.) Sm. (pp. 245–258), Hymenophyllum wilsonii Hooker (258-268). Journal of Ecology 60.


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