Trichomanes intricatum
| Weft fern | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida / Pteridopsida (disputed) |
| Order: | Hymenophyllales |
| Family: | Hymenophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Trichomanes |
| Species: | T. intricatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Trichomanes intricatum Farrar | |
Trichomanes intricatum
Closeup of T. intricatum
Trichomanes intricatum is known as the weft fern.[1] This is an unusual filmy fern that grows in rock shelters and crevices in the eastern United States, being known only from its gametophyte generation. It is a rare plant that is protected in several states.[2]
Recent study has found a relationship between this species and an Asian filmy-fern species, Crepidomanes schmidtianum. Both share the same chloroplast genome. The relationship is uncertain. [3]
In 2011, Atsushi Ebihara and Alan S. Weakley transferred Trichomanes intricatum to Crepidomanes intricatum based on the chloroplast molecular sequence data.[4]
References
- ↑ "Trichomanes intricatum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ Farrar, Donald R. (1992). "Trichomanes intricatum: The Independent Trichomanes Gametophyte in the Eastern United States." American Fern Journal, 82(2): 68-74.
- ↑ Ebihara, Atsushi, Donald R. Farrar, and Motomi Ito (2008). "The sporophyte-less filmy fern of eastern North America Trichomanes intricatum (Hymenophyllaceae) has the chloroplast genome of an Asian species." American Journal of Botany, 95: 1645-1651.
- ↑ Weakley et al. (2011). "Nomenclatural changes in the flora of the southeastern United States". Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 5(2): 443.
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