Trichomanes [SEP] parent taxon
Trichomanes
Trichomanes is a large genus of ferns in the family Hymenophyllaceae, termed bristle ferns. Some botanists place it in its own family, Trichomanaceae. All ferns in the hymenophylloid clade are filmy ferns, with leaf tissue typically 2 cells thick. This thinness generally necessitates a permanently humid habitat, and makes the fronds somewhat translucent.
The name bristle fern refers to the small bristle that protrudes from the indusia of these ferns.
At least one species now is known to exist solely in its gametophytic stage. "Trichomanes
will rehydrate in less than 24 hours and turn green as if nothing had happened. A few days starting to sprout new fronds. Stops in the middle of winter to spring, restarting sprouting in the spring.
Hybrids.
- "Asplenium × reichsteinii": hybrid between "Asplenium majoricum" and its parent "Asplenium fontanum" subsp. "fontanum".
- "Asplenium × orellii": hybrid between "Asplenium majoricum" and "Asplenium trichomanes" subsp. "quadrivalens".
- "Asplenium ×