Global InformationHymenophyllum peltatum information
| Hymenophyllum peltatum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Hymenophyllales |
| Family: | Hymenophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Hymenophyllum |
| Species: | H. peltatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Hymenophyllum peltatum (Poir.) Desv.
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Hymenophyllum peltatum, also known as alpine filmy-fern, is a species of filmy fern widely distributed across Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, South America.[1][2][3][4] It is predominantly a rainforest species with delicate foliage arrangements. Members of the Hymenophyllaceae family display almost translucent fronds, bearing thickness of just a single cell.[3][4][5][6][7]
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- ^ "Hymenophyllum peltatum". NZ Flora. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ a b Duncan, Betty D; Isaac, Golda (1986). Ferns and allied plants. Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press. pp. 81–89. ISBN 0522842623.
- ^ a b McMarthy, P, ed. (1998). Flora of Australia. Volume 48: Ferns, Gimnosperms and Allied Groups. Melbourne, Australia: ABRS. pp. 122–127.
- ^ Wapstra, Mark; Wapstra, Annie; Wapstra, Hans (2010). Tasmanian plant names unravelled. Launceston, Tasmania: Fullers Bookshop Pty Ltd. p. 449. ISBN 9780980472028.
- ^ Jordan, G, ed. (2016). The'Key to Tasmanian Vascular Plants'. Australia: Australasian Plant Conservation: Journal of the Australian Network for Plant Conservation 25(1). p. 15.
- ^ Willis, J, ed. (1975). Ferns of Victoria and Tasmania. Victoria, Australia: Field Naturalists Club of Victoria. pp. 5–7.