Hymenophyllum wilsonii, the Wilson's filmy-fern,[1] is a small, fragile, perennial leptosporangiate fern which forms large dense colonies from creeping rhizomes.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Hymenophyllales |
| Family: | Hymenophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Hymenophyllum |
| Species: | H. wilsonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Hymenophyllum wilsonii | |
Distribution
editConfined to western Europe (Britain, Ireland, France, Norway, Spain and The Faeroes) and Macaronesia.
Gallery
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Detail of Hymenophyllum wilsonii fronds. Indusia are present. -
Hymenophyllum wilsonii colony. -
Hymenophyllum wilsonii habitat. Near Kendal, Cumbria, England.
References
edit- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
Further reading
edit- Page, C.N. (1997). The ferns of Britain and Ireland. 2nd Ed. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.
- Proctor, M.C.F. (2003). Comparative Ecophysiological Measurements on the Light Responses, Water Relations and Desiccation Tolerance of the Filmy Ferns Hymenophyllum wilsonii Hook. and H. tunbrigense (L.) Smith Ann Bot 91 (6).
- Richards, P.W., Evans, G.B. (1972). Biological Flora of the British Isles. No. 126. Hymenophyllum tunbrigense (L.) Sm. (pp. 245–258), Hymenophyllum wilsonii Hooker (258–268). Journal of Ecology 60.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hymenophyllum wilsonii.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Data Portal: Hymenophyllum wilsonii
- Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora
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