Trichomanes lenormandii Bosch

Hymenophyllaceae, Henk Beentje. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2008

Type

Type: Comoro Is., Mayotte, Boivin s.n. (P, holo., not found)

Morphology General Habit

Low epiphyte or terrestrial.

Vegetative Multiplication Rhizomes

Rhizome creeping, filiform, with dense brown hairs to 0.5 mm

Morphology Leaves

Fronds spaced 0.2–1.2 cm apart; stipe 1–20 mm long, winged in the upper half, glabrous except for base; lamina lanceolate or deltoid, (1–)2–4.5 × 0.5–3 cm, pinnately lobed to bipinnate; pinnae 2–5 mm wide, obtuse, glabrous; pinnately veined, intramarginal vein present but not very distinct, often interrupted; false veins many

Morphology Reproductive morphology Sori

Sori many, lateral, one per lobe; indusium narrowly turbinate, 1–1.5 mm long, 0.4–0.5 mm in diameter, mouth not dilated; receptacle exserted for up to 12 mm, often recurved

Figures

Fig. 7, p17

Ecology

Moist forest by stream, where regularly collected as epiphytic on Cyathea or Marattia, and once collected from roadside bank; 650–1200 m

Conservation

Data deficient. Not many collections from our area, but distribution in Madagascar unclear.

Distribution

Range: Madagascar; Flora districts: T3 T6