Trichomanes kapplerianum Sturm

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1984. The Botany of the Guyana Highland - Part XII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 38: 1-84.

  • Family

    Hymenophyllaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Trichomanes kapplerianum Sturm

  • Discussion

    Didymoglossum cordifolium Fee, Hist. Foug. Lye. Antill. [Mem. Foug. 11]: 113, t. 28, f 4. Type. Martinique, Rivoire (holotype P or R B not seen)..

    Hemiphlebium kapplerianum (Sturm in Mart.) Prantl, Unters. Morph. Gefaesskrypt. 1: 46. 1875..

    Trichomanes muscoides var. cordifolium (Fee) Jenm., Bull. Bot. Dept. Jamaica 20 [Fems Femallies Jamaica]: 8. 1890..

    Trichomanes muscoides var. m/«or Jenm., Bull. Bot. Dept. Jamaica 20 [Fems Fem-allies Jamaica]: 8. 1890. Type. Presumably Jamaica, Jenman (holotype N Y not seen)..

    Trichomanes hookeri var. cordifolium (Fee) Bonap., Notes Pterid. 7: 337. 1918..

    Trichomanes hookeri var. minor (Jenm.) Domin, Pterid. Dominica 47. 1929..

    Trichomanes cordifolium (Fee) Alston, Kew Bull. 1932: 306. 1932.

    Type. Suriname River near Station Victoria, Surinam, Kappler 1760 (holotype W not seen).

  • Distribution

    General distribution. Puerto Rico, the Lesser Antilles, and Trinidad. CostaRica, Panama, and Colombia to Peru, the Guianas, and Brazil.Guayana Highland distribution. Epiphytic on tree trunks or rarely epipetric.

    Puerto Rico South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Costa Rica South America| Panama Central America| Colombia South America| Peru South America| Guyana South America| Brazil South America| Suriname South America|