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Trichomanes tenuissimum
Also called Filmy Fern Family, Filmy Ferns, Filmy Ferns And Bristle Ferns
Polyphlebium tenuissimum is a delicate filmy fern, known from Ecuador (Esmeraldas), that grows in very humid wet tropical forest. It needs constant humidity and shade to survive, which makes it a specialist plant rather than an easy garden fern.
Polyphlebium tenuissimum, synonym Trichomanes tenuissimum, is a species of fern in the family Hymenophyllaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. In 2006, in a taxonomic revision of the family Hymenophyllaceae, Ebihara et al. assigned this species to the genus Polyphlebium rather than Trichomanes. However the combination does not appear to have been formally published; hence the "comb. ined." (combinatio inedita) in the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Polyphlebium tenuissimum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
