Papua New Guinea | Ferns and Lycophytes of the World

Crepidomanes bipunctatum

Posted by Michael Sundue | Jun 28, 2019 | Ferns

The distinctive involucres help diagnose this species. The petiole is also conspicuous. It is...

Posted by Michael Sundue | Jun 28, 2019 | Ferns

This is a large terrestrial filmy fern with a creeping rhizome....

Posted by Michael Sundue | Jun 28, 2019 | Ferns

The dense covering of reduced pinnae, or “aphlebieae”, along the rhizome help diagnose...

Posted by Michael Sundue | Jun 28, 2019 | Ferns

This is a common fern on tree small tree trunks. It appears to have a hemiephytic...

Posted by Michael Sundue | Jun 28, 2019 | Ferns

I have collected this species several times before, but never noticed these unusual hairs and...