New Zealand Plants

DSC_0132 Kidney fern (Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum) growing up the trunk of a forest tree. Once classified in Trichomanes (as T. reniforme), DNA analysis of Kidney fern has now shown it to be more closely related to the Hymenophyllum filmy ferns. New Zealand is a special place for the genus Hymenophyllum, with nine of the world’s ten subgenera occurring here. Jackson River, South Westland *

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DSC_0132 Kidney fern (Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum) growing up the trunk of a forest tree. Once classified in Trichomanes (as T. reniforme), DNA analysis of Kidney fern has now shown it to be more closely related to the Hymenophyllum filmy ferns. New Zealand is a special place for the genus Hymenophyllum, with nine of the world’s ten subgenera occurring here. Jackson River, South Westland *

DSC 0132 Kidney fern Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum Trichomanes reniforme DNA analysis related genus Jackson River South Westland