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  1. Hymenophyllaceae, family Hymenophyllaceaenoun

    terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns

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  1. 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 places or to locations where they are wetted by spray from waterfalls or springs. A recent fossil find shows that ferns of Hymenophyllaceae have existed since at least the Upper Triassic.

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  1. hymenophyllaceae

    Hymenophyllaceae is a family of ferns, commonly known as the filmy ferns or bristle ferns. This family comprises about 9 genera and 600-700 species, all of which are typically characterized by their thin, delicate, and often translucent fronds. They are predominantly found in tropical and subtropical regions, particularly in humid and shady habitats.

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  1. Hymenophyllaceae

    The Hymenophyllaceae is a family of two or more genera and over 600 species of ferns, with a subcosmopolitan distribution, but generally restricted to very damp places or to locations where they are wetted by spray from waterfalls or springs. A recent fossil find shows that ferns of Hymenophyllaceae have existed since at least the Upper Triassic. The great majority of the species are found in tropical rainforests, but some also occur in temperate rainforests and slightly drier forest regions. In Europe they are restricted to the Atlantic Ocean fringes of the continent, notably in the Azores, Ireland, and western Great Britain, but one species locally east to Luxembourg, another so far north as West Norway, Faeroes and South Iceland, while in North America, they are restricted to the humid eastern third of the continent. They often appear as very dark green or even black clumps and may be mistaken for a robust moss or liverwort. The stem is thin and wiry and the fronds variously pinnate with a single strand of vascular tissue. In most species, the frond, apart from the vascular tissue, is only a single cell thickness, and they do not have any stomata; this makes the plants very susceptible to desiccation where a reliable water supply is not present. The sori are borne at the leaf margins at the end of the nerve. Individual plants may persist for many years.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hymenophyllaceae in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hymenophyllaceae in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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