Crepidomanes vitiense (Baker) Bostock APNI* Synonyms: Microtrichomanes vitiense (Baker) Copel. APNI*
Trichomanes vitiense Baker APNI*
Description: Rhizome long-creeping, slender, densely covered with brown hairs.
Fronds c. 1 cm long; stipe short, winged towards the apex, hairy; lamina simple or once forked, glabrous except for a few hairs on midvein.
Sori immersed in the lamina; involucre obconical with hairs at the base, the mouth scarcely dilated and obscurely 2-lipped; receptacle scarcely exserted.
Distribution and occurrence: Forms mats on trees and logs in rainforest; north from the Richmond R.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by Peter G. Wilson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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