Trichomanes tuerckheimii Christ
Descripción
Rhizomes slender, 0.8–1 mm diam., long-creeping, green; rhizome hairs on lower side dark brown, 0.5–1 mm long; roots absent; fronds 6.5–20 cm long, distant; stipes virtually absent, 1–2 X 0.8–1 mm, with dense hairs abaxially like those of rhizomes; blades pinnatifid, 4–11 cm wide, with pinnatifid terminal pinnae, not reduced proximally, ovate to lanceolate; pinnae 10–20 pairs, glabrous except for dense hairs similar to those of stipes on abaxial surfaces of rachises, veins, and often along blade margins affixing the fronds to the substrate, margins entire; veins free, not reaching margins, with small, unconnected false veins parallel to true veins; involucres stalked, free from blade tissue; 2–2.2 mm long, 0.5–0.8 mm wide at mouths, mouths round, concolorous.A
Forma de vida
EpífitaA
Ejemplar revisado
Chis (Martínez S. 15908, CAS, IBUG, IEB, IBUG, MEXU, MO, UAMIZ). Ver (Gilly & Hernández X. 44, US; Sánchez 44, US).A
Elevación
data unavailableA
Ecología y Hábitat
In wet forests at low elevations; 50–500 m in Guat.A
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
The peculiar habit of the leaves adhering to the bark surface by trichomes on veins and margins is unique among Mexican species of Trichomanes.A