Hymenophyllaceae
Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes - Online edition
Crepidomanes barnardianum
Crepidomanes barnardianum (F.M.Bailey) Tindale
Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/84387
Rhizome to 0.25 mm diam., widely creeping; hairs dark reddish brown, extending to stipe margins. Fronds 0.7–4 cm long. Stipe 1–10 mm long, winged to the base. Lamina ovate to ±palmate, 1–2 (–3)-pinnatifid, 0.7–3 cm long, 0.4–3.4 cm wide, glabrous; ultimate segments less than 1 mm wide, acute or obtuse; submarginal false vein present, mainly continuous; accessory false veins few. Sori clustered towards the frond apex; involucre cylindrical, tapering towards the base, 1–1.8 mm long, 0.7–1.1 mm diam.; mouth ±dilated but not bilabiate; receptacles exserted to c. 3 mm beyond the mouth.
Endemic to NE QLD between Iron Range and the Whitsundays.
Lithophytic or epiphytic, usually in shaded strata of mesic lowland to upper montane vine forest.
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