Hymenophyllaceae
Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes - Online edition
Crepidomanes bipunctatum
Crepidomanes bipunctatum (Poir.) Copel.
Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/84406
Rhizome 0.2–0.5 mm diam., widely creeping; hairs dark reddish brown, septate, extending to stipe margins. Fronds 1–8 cm long. Stipe 0.25–3.5 cm long, winged almost to the base. Lamina ovate to broadly triangular, 3-pinnatifid, 1.5–6.5 cm long, 0.7–4.2 cm wide. Ultimate segments 0.4–0.8 mm wide; apex acute; submarginal false vein continuous or broken by small gaps; accessory false veins few to many, commonly confluent with the submarginal false vein. Sori borne on basal acroscopic segments of the primary pinnae; involucre cylindrical, tapering towards the base, winged, 1.8–2.4 mm long, 0.8–1 mm diam.; mouth bilabiate; lips narrow, prominent, triangular.
NE QLD from Kennedy Hill to Moranbah. Also widespread in Asia, Malesia and Pacific Islands.
Lithophytic or epiphytic in mesic lowland to lower montane vine forest.
Field AR, Quinn CJ, Zich FA (2022) Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes. apps.lucidcentral.org/fern/text/intro/index.htm (accessed online INSERT DATE).
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