Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Hymenophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crepidomanes intricatum
FAMILY
Hymenophyllaceae
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"This species is only known only from the gametophyte generation, as no sporophytes have ever been documented. It is more likely to be quickly passed over as a moss or liverwort than confused with another fern." Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trichomanes intricatum
FAMILY
Hymenophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Crepidomanes intricatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Trichomanes intricatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH A taxonomic revision of Hymenophyllaceae (Ebihara et al., 2006)
Vandenboschia species 1
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Trichomanes intricatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 009-01-?:
Trichomanes - "a filamentous gametophyte" FAMILY Hymenophyllaceae
COMMON NAME:
Grotto-felt, Appalachian Trichomanes, Weft Fern
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Samantha Tessel sam032223_2008
March Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Gametophytes strictly filamentous, in felt-like mats on ceilings and back walls of rock grottos, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crepidomanes intricatum
FAMILY
Hymenophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trichomanes intricatum
FAMILY
Hymenophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Crepidomanes intricatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Trichomanes intricatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A taxonomic revision of Hymenophyllaceae (Ebihara et al., 2006)
Vandenboschia species 1
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Trichomanes intricatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 009-01-?:
Trichomanes - "a filamentous gametophyte"
FAMILY
Hymenophyllaceae
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