Kingdom Plantae Class Polypodiopsida Family Hymenophyllaceae Scientific name Hymenophyllum wilsonii | Division Pteridophyta Order Hymenophyllales Genus Hymenophyllum Rank Species | |
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Similar Hymenophyllum tunbrigense, Hymenophyllum, Trichomanes speciosum, Hymenophyllaceae, Dryopteris aemula | ||
Hymenophyllum wilsonii, the Wilson's filmy-fern, is a small, fragile, perennial leptosporangiate fern which forms large dense colonies from creeping rhizomes.
Distribution
Confined to western Europe (Britain, Ireland, France, Norway, Spain and The Faeroes) and Macaronesia.
References
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