New Zealand Plants

DSC_0149 Kidney fern (Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum) showing the unusual spore capsules which sit within a tube around the edge of the frond. 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_0149 Kidney fern (Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum) showing the unusual spore capsules which sit within a tube around the edge of the frond. 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 0149 Kidney fern Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum unusual spore capsules tube edge frond Trichomanes reniforme DNA analysis related genus Jackson River South Westland