''Crepidomanes'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
fern
The ferns (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta) are a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. They differ from mosses by being vascular, i.e., having specialized tissue ...
s in the family
Hymenophyllaceae
The Hymenophyllaceae, the filmy ferns and bristle ferns, are a family of two to nine genera (depending on classification system) and about 650 known species of ferns, with a subcosmopolitan distribution, but generally restricted to very damp pla ...
. It is mostly distributed through the
old world
The "Old World" () is a term for Afro-Eurasia coined by Europeans after 1493, when they became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia in the Eastern Hemisphere, previously ...
but has one species,
''Crepidomanes intricatum'', in North America.
Phylogeny
Phylogeny of ''Crepidomanes'' by Fern Tree of Life.
Other species:
Section ''Crepidomanes''
*''
Crepidomanes barnardianum''
(F.M. Bailey) Tindale
*''
Crepidomanes rupicolum''
(Racib.) Copel.
References
Hymenophyllales
Ferns of the Americas
Ferns of Oceania
Fern genera
Taxa named by Carl Borivoj Presl
Taxa described in 1851
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