Genus Trichomanes (Noun)
Meaning
Bristle ferns; kidney ferns.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Trichomanes angustatum, commonly known as the narrow leaf bristle fern, is a species of fern in the genus Trichomanes.
- Trichomanes elegans, the elegant bristle fern, is native to tropical Africa in the genus Trichomanes.
- The genus Trichomanes, commonly known as the bristle ferns, consists entirely of epiphytic species.
- Some species within the genus Trichomanes, the kidney ferns, have kidney-shaped sori with true indusia present.
- Species in the genus Trichomanes, bristle ferns and kidney ferns, often grow in dense colonies.