''Trichomanes elegans'' is a fern species in the family

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 pla ...

. The name has also been used incorrectly for two different species.

Taxonomy

''Trichomanes elegans'' was first described by

Louis Claude Richard Louis Claude Marie Richard (19 September 1754 – 6 June 1821) was a French botanist and botanical illustrator. Richard was born at Versailles. Between 1781 and 1789 he collected botanical specimens in Central America and the West Indies. On his r ...

in 1792. Two other species were later called ''Trichomanes elegans'': * ''Trichomanes elegans'' Poir. is an illegitimate synonym of '' Davallia denticulata'' (Burm.) Mett. * ''Trichomanes elegans'' Rudge is an illegitimate synonym of ''

Trichomanes diversifrons ''Trichomanes'' is a genus of ferns in the family Hymenophyllaceae, termed bristle ferns. The circumscription of the genus is disputed. All ferns in the genus are filmy ferns, with leaf tissue typically 2 cells thick. This thinness generally nec ...

'' (Bory) Mett.

References

Hymenophyllales Plants described in 1984 {{Polypodiidae-stub