Hymenophyllaceae
Hymenophyllum

Hymenophyllum capillare Desv.

First published in Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 333 (1827)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Tristan da Cunha, W. Indian Ocean. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Tanzania, Tristan da Cunha, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Copel. in Phil. Journ. Sci. 64: 170 (1937)
  • Tard. in Mém. I.F.A.N. 28: 36, t. 3, fig. 1 (1953).
  • Taton in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot.Belg. 78: 19, t.1, fig.C–F (1946)
  • in Mém. Soc.Linn. Par. 6: 333 (1827)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Alston, Ferns W.T.A.: 32 (1959)
  • Benl, Pter. Fernando Po: 7 (1980)
  • Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 78: 19 (1946)
  • Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 99, fig. map (1990).
  • F.Z. Pterid.: 80 (1970)
  • Fl. Cam. Pterid.: 75 (1964)
  • Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6, 2: 333 (1827), based on T. hirsutum Thouars in Fl. Tristan Ac.: 34 (1804), non L.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 25, 2023 Zapfack, L. [1023] Cameroon K001394697 Yes
Jan 1, 2023 Thomas, D.W. [10424b] Cameroon K001519137 Yes
Jan 1, 2023 Thomas, D.W. [10424b] Cameroon K001519220 Yes
Jan 1, 2007 Braithwaite, A.F. [362] Tanzania K000888460 No
Jan 1, 2007 Peter, A. [1268] Tanzania K000897531 No
Jan 1, 2007 Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13476] Tanzania K000888469 No
Jan 1, 2005 Dransfield, J. [4823] Tanzania K000888468 No
Jan 1, 2005 Dawe, M.T. [573] Uganda K000888847 No
Jan 1, 2005 Archbold, M.E. [2918] Tanzania K000888466 No
Jan 1, 2005 Kisena, C. [985] Tanzania K000888461 No
Jan 1, 2005 Stewart, J. [1198] Kenya K000888474 No
Jan 1, 2005 Verdcourt, B. [2947] Kenya K000888851 No
Jan 1, 2005 Greenway, P.J. [3022] Tanzania K000897521 No
Jan 1, 2005 Greenway, P.J. [3022] Tanzania K000897520 No
Jan 1, 2005 Eggeling, W.J. [1024] Uganda K000888842 No
Jan 1, 2005 Faden, A.J.; Pocs, T. [71/895] Kenya K000888475 No
Jan 1, 2005 Osmaston, H.A. [3864] Uganda K000888846 No
Jan 1, 2005 Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [5115] Tanzania K000888465 No
Jan 1, 2005 Pichi Sermolli, R. [5172] Tanzania K000897513 No
Jan 1, 2005 Lovett, J.; Hamilton, A. [884] Tanzania K000888462 No
Jan 1, 2005 Eggeling, W.J. [1024] Uganda K000888841 No
Jan 1, 2005 Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12464] Tanzania K000888467 No
Jan 1, 2005 Greenway, P.J. [3022] Tanzania K000897522 No
Jan 1, 2005 Geilinger, W. [B325] Uganda K000888844 No
Jan 1, 2005 Ramsden, J. [s.n.] Kenya K000888471 No
Jan 1, 2005 Copley, H. [B163] Kenya K000888472 No
Jan 1, 2005 Polhill, R. [240] Kenya K000888852 No
Jan 1, 2005 Dawe, M.T. [s.n.] Uganda K000888848 No
Jan 1, 2005 Gilbert, M.G. [5781] Kenya K000888853 No
Jan 1, 2005 Wood, G. [225] Uganda K000888843 No
Jan 1, 2005 Polhill [237] Kenya K000888854 No
Jan 1, 2005 Ballard, F. [1636] Kenya K000888470 No
Jan 1, 2005 Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2462] Tanzania K000888459 No
Jan 1, 2005 Osmaston, H.A. [3864] Uganda K000888845 No
Jan 1, 2005 Vaughan, J.H. [2964] Tanzania K000897519 No
Jan 1, 2005 Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [5105] Tanzania K000888464 No
Jan 1, 2005 Faden, R.B. [71/200] Kenya K000888477 No
Jan 1, 2005 Grimshaw, J.M. [93825] Tanzania K000888463 No
Jan 1, 2005 Bally, P.R.O. [B9703] Tanzania K000897518 No
Jan 1, 2005 Stauffer, H.U. [879] Uganda K000888849 No
Jan 1, 1988 Chapman, J.D.; Chapman, E.G. [8243] Malawi K000889438 No
Jan 1, 1982 Balslev, H. [303] Tanzania K000897529 No
Jan 1, 1982 Brummitt, R.K.; Polhill, R.M.; Patel, I.H. [15923] Malawi K000889516 No
Jan 1, 1982 Chapman, J.D.; Patel, I.H. [5767] Malawi K000889436 No
Jan 1, 1979 Schafer, P. [6860] Mozambique K000889515 No
Jan 1, 1972 Hall, J.B. [2334] Nigeria K000896290 No
Jan 1, 1967 Mooney, H.F. [8754] Ethiopia K000897037 No
Jan 1, 1967 Pichi Sermolli, R. [7120] Ethiopia K000897039 No
Jan 1, 1967 Pichi Sermolli, R. [7120] Ethiopia K000897038 No
Jan 1, 1950 Richards, P.W. [4315] Cameroon K000896289 No
Last, J.T. [s.n.] Mozambique K000889514 No
Mabberley, D.J [1070] Madagascar K001895076 No
Hemp, A. [941] Tanzania K000421057 No
Stolz, A. [873] Tanzania K000897523 No
Kamau, P.; Christenhusz, M.J.M [644] Kenya K000696582 No
Brass, L.J. [16420] Malawi K000889513 No
Pocs, T. [6191B] Tanzania K000897528 No
Mitchell, D.S. [530] Zimbabwe K000889512 No
Daubenberger, I. [2] Tanzania K000897525 No
Burrows, J.E. [3163] South Africa K001895075 No
Luke, P.A. [4214] Kenya K000888850 No
Luke, Q.; Bytebier, B.; Butynsky, P. [6982] Tanzania K000897530 No
Burtt, B.D. [4713] Tanzania K000897515 No
Humbert, H. [7509] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000896865 No
Last, J.T. [s.n.] K000896860 No
Moller, A. [4] Sao Tome and Principe K000896859 No
Greenway, P.J. [3857] Tanzania K000897514 No
Burtt, B.D. [3137] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000896866 No
Greenway, P.J. [3857] Tanzania K000897517 No
Grote, von [7646] Tanzania K000897524 No
Richards, H.M. [16794B] Malawi K000889437 No
Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Cameroon K000896861 No
Gibbon, D.; Pocs, T. [6052] Tanzania K000897527 No
Kinet, U. [189] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000896864 No
Burtt, B.D. [4713] Tanzania K000897516 No
Daubenberger, I. [2A] Tanzania K000897526 No
Kassner, T. [3134] K000896862 No
Kassner, T. [3134] K000896863 No
Friis, I; Aweke, G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K. [2149] Ethiopia K000897040 No
Burtt, B.D. [3137] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000896867 No
Jan 1, 2005 Faden, A.J.; Faden, R.B.; Grumbley, J. [72/335] Kenya Sphaerocionium capillare K000888476 No

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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