Hymenophyllaceae
Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes - Online edition
Didymoglossum tahitense
Didymoglossum tahitense (Nadeaud) Ebihara & K.Iwats.
Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/241949
Rhizome densely covered with short black hairs. Fronds sessile. Lamina peltately attached, broadly elliptic to round, 4–25 mm diam., appressed to the substratum; upper surface ±glabrous; veins on lower surface with dark red to black hairs; margins entire to irregular, glabrous; veins radiating from near point of attachment, with false veins in between (submarginal false veins absent). Sori 1–3 per frond, partly immersed in the lamina; involucre ±trumpet-shaped, 2–3 mm long; tube 0.4–0.5 mm wide; base cuneate; margins entire, dilated, slightly 2-lipped; receptacle included or slightly exserted.
Epiphytic low on tree trunks in mesic lowland to mid 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).
Field AR, Quinn CJ, Zich FA (2022) ‘Platycerium superbum’, in Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes. apps.lucidcentral.org/fern/text/entities/platycerium_superbum.htm (accessed online INSERT DATE).