Hymenophyllum wilsonii
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| name = Wilson's filmy-fern
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| genus = Hymenophyllum
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| authority = Hook.
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Hymenophyllum wilsonii, the Wilson's filmy-fern,{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }} is a small, fragile, perennial leptosporangiate fern which forms large dense colonies from creeping rhizomes.
Distribution
Confined to western Europe (Britain, Ireland, France, Norway, Spain and The Faeroes) and Macaronesia.
Gallery
{{Gallery
|File:Hymenophyllum_wilsonii_RT0.jpg|Detail of Hymenophyllum wilsonii fronds. Indusia are present.
|File:Hymenophyllum_wilsonii_RT1.jpg|Hymenophyllum wilsonii colony.
|File:Hymenophyllum_wilsonii_RT2.jpg|Hymenophyllum wilsonii habitat. Near Kendal, Cumbria, England.
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References
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Further reading
- 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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- [http://data.gbif.org/species/7315550 Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Data Portal: Hymenophyllum wilsonii]
- [http://www.brc.ac.uk/plantatlas/index.php?q=plant/hymenophyllum-wilsonii Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora]
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