Crepidomanes bipunctatum

Hymenophyllaceae

Crepidomanes bipunctatum (Poir.) Copel.

Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/84406

Rhizome 0.2–0.5 mm diam., widely creeping; hairs dark reddish brown, septate, extending to stipe margins. Fronds 1–8 cm long. Stipe 0.25–3.5 cm long, winged almost to the base. Lamina ovate to broadly triangular, 3-pinnatifid, 1.5–6.5 cm long, 0.7–4.2 cm wide. Ultimate segments 0.4–0.8 mm wide; apex acute; submarginal false vein continuous or broken by small gaps; accessory false veins few to many, commonly confluent with the submarginal false vein. Sori borne on basal acroscopic segments of the primary pinnae; involucre cylindrical, tapering towards the base, winged, 1.8–2.4 mm long, 0.8–1 mm diam.; mouth bilabiate; lips narrow, prominent, triangular.

NE QLD from Kennedy Hill to Moranbah. Also widespread in Asia, Malesia and Pacific Islands.

Lithophytic or epiphytic in mesic lowland to lower montane vine forest.