Trichomanes ankersii is a member of Trichomanes subgen. Lacostea (Bosch) C. Chr. These are climbing plants with long-creeping rhizomes and leaves that are plastered against the host tree. The sori project outward away from the tree.
Collection Data (W. Testo 1242)
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Hymenophyllaceae
- Genus: Trichomanes L.
- Species: Trichomanes ankersii C. Parker ex Hook. & Grev.
- Var./Subsp.:
- Common name(s):
General Collection Data
- Date: 4-I-2017
- Primary Collector & #: W. Testo 1242
- Collection Party: University of Vermont Tropical Plant Systematics course
- Det. History: W. Testo (VT)
- Habitat: Tropical rainforest
- Habit: Primary hemiepiphyte
- Specimen Locations: CR, VT
Additional Comments
Near Los Mogos, beneath Parka pendula
Collection Location
- Location: Osa Peninsula – – – Puntarenas – Costa Rica.
- Coordinates: 8°45'34.1"N 83°21'50.9"W
- Elevation: 200 m
Is this not Trichomanes tuerckheimii?