| Home | > | List of families | > | Hymenophyllaceae | > | Hymenophyllum | > | capillare |
Hymenophyllum capillare
Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (3)
Photo: Petra Ballings
SRGH
Photo: Petra Ballings
SRGH
Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
| Synonyms: |
Sphaerocionium capillare (Desv.) Copel. var. alternialatum Pic. Serm. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Rhizome slender, wiry, widely creeping. Stipe 15-50 mm long, wiry, not winged but sparsely clothed with fine stellate hairs. Lamina pendulous, oblong-linear, up to 55 × 3 cm, 2- or 3-pinnatifid, membranous. Pinnae pinnatifid into up to 7 linear lobes, apices rounded, margins entire, both surfaces set with stellate hairs with long radiating arms. Rhachis not winged, hairy. Sori at the apices of the lobes in the distal area of each pinna, obconic with rounded indusial valves set with stellate hairs. |
| Notes: | H. capillare can be distinguished from other species by its hairy fronds and a rhachis that is not winged. |
| Derivation of specific name: | capillare: "capillus": hair, the fronds are hairy; alternialatum: alternating wings, probably referring to the alternate arrangement of the pinnae |
| Habitat: | Epiphyte or lithophyte in deeply shaded evergreen mist forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1300 - 2150 m |
| Worldwide distribution: | From south-central Africa extending to central, east and north-east Africa; also Ghana, Madagascar and the Comoro and Mascarene islands. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
| Growth form(s): | Epiphyte, lithophyte. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Page 99. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (1993). An annotated check-list of the pteridophytes of Malawi Kirkia 14(1) Page 85. As Hymenophyllum capillare Desv. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 31. as Sphaerocionium capillare Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 32. As Hymenophyllum capillare Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011). Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 168 - 169. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 11. As Sphaerocionium capillare Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 26. As Hymenophyllum capillare Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Page 195. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 7. As sphaerocionium capillare Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 44. As Sphaerocionium capillare Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 44. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Pages 80 - 81. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 78. |
Other sources of information about Hymenophyllum capillare:
Our websites:
Flora of Burundi: Hymenophyllum capillareFlora of Malawi: Hymenophyllum capillare
Flora of Mozambique: Hymenophyllum capillare
Flora of Rwanda: Hymenophyllum capillare
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hymenophyllum capillareBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hymenophyllum capillare
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hymenophyllum capillare
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Hymenophyllum capillare
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Hymenophyllum capillare
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hymenophyllum capillare
JSTOR Plant Science: Hymenophyllum capillare
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hymenophyllum capillare
Plants of the World Online: Hymenophyllum capillare
Tropicos: Hymenophyllum capillare
Wikipedia: Hymenophyllum capillare
| Home | > | List of families | > | Hymenophyllaceae | > | Hymenophyllum | > | capillare |