Trichomanes elegans Rich., Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris

Kessler, Michael & Smith, Alan R., 2017, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. X. Hymenophyllaceae, Phytotaxa 328 (3), pp. 201-226 : 220-221

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Trichomanes elegans Rich., Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris
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Trichomanes elegans Rich., Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris View in CoL 1: 114. 1792.

= Davalliopsis elegans (Rich.) Copel., Philipp. J. Sci. View in CoL 67(1): 82. 1938.

Range: —Lesser Antilles; Nicaragua to Bolivia (BE, CO, LP) and Brazil.

Ecology: —Uncommon to locally fairly common; terrestrial and saxicolous, in humid forests, often in ravines on rocks, rarely epiphytic or on fallen logs, often growing with Abrodictyum rigidum ; to 1300 m.

Notes: —The iridescent blue-green sheen on living plants is caused by thin layers surrounding the chloroplasts; these layers transmit photosynthetically efficient red light and reflect blue light ( Moran 2004). This is an adaptation to poor light conditions in the forest understory.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Hymenophyllales

Family

Hymenophyllaceae

Genus

Trichomanes

Loc

Trichomanes elegans Rich., Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris

Kessler, Michael & Smith, Alan R. 2017
2017
Loc

Davalliopsis elegans (Rich.) Copel., Philipp. J. Sci.

Copel. 1938: 82
1938
Loc

Trichomanes elegans Rich., Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris

Rich. 1792: 114
1792
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