Contains 5 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Trichomanes L.
BRISTLE FERN
Classification
HYMENOPHYLLALES
Trichomanes
Citation
TRICHOMANES Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1097. 1753, nom. cons.
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TYPE: Trichomanes crispum Linnaeus, typ. cons.
Distribution Map Present

This species have been reported in the counties highlighted.

Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Trichomanes holopterum ENTIRE-WINGED BRISTLE FERN Native Rare-State
Trichomanes krausii KRAUS' BRISTLE FERN; TREEMOSS BRISTLE FERN Native Rare-State UPL (NWPL)
Trichomanes lineolatum LINED BRISTLE FERN Native Rare-State UPL (NWPL)
Trichomanes petersii DWARF BRISTLE FERN Native FAC (NWPL)
Trichomanes punctatum subsp. floridanum FLORIDA BRISTLE FERN Native Rare-State Endangered-US UPL (NWPL)
Identification Key
1.  Roots present; leaves cespitose, clustered; leaf margin without stellate or branched hairs (Trichomanes s.str.)
1.  Roots absent or with root-like shoots only; leaves separated along a long-creeping rhizome; leaf margins with dark, stellate hairs (Didymoglossum)
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2.  Leaves pinnately lobed, with strong pinnate venation
2.  Leaves entire to irregularly palmately lobed, with weak pinnate venation or veins repeatedly forking from the base
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3.  Midrib extending to apex of blade; venation weakly pinnate; indusium margin indistinct from blade surface
3.  Midrib absent or not extending past middle of blade; venation repeatedly forking from base; indusium margin dark, distinct from the blade surface
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4.  Veins widening at their apex; indusium not flared at mouth
4.  Veins of uniform width; indusium flared at mouth
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Crepidomanes Crepidomanes C. Presl, Epimel. Bot. 258. 1851 ("1849"); Abh. Koenigl. Boehm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5. 6: 618. 1851. TYPE: Crepidomanes intramarginale (Hooker & Greville) C. Presl (Trichomanes intramarginale Hooker & Greville)
Davalliopsis Davalliopsis Bosch, Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. 11: 323. 1861. TYPE: Trichomanes prieurii Kunze Lectotypified by Copeland, Philipp. J. Sci. 67: 14. 1938.
Didymoglossum Didymoglossum Desvaux, Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 330. 1827. TYPE: Didymoglossum muscoides (Swartz) Desvaux (Trichomanes muscoides Swartz) Lectotypified by C. Christensen, Index Filicum XIV. 1906.
Feea Feea Bory, in Cuvier, Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 6: 446. 1824. TYPE: Feea polypodina Bory Lectotypified by C. V. Morton, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 38: 196. 1968.
Homoeotes Homoeotes C. Presl, Gefaessb. Stip. Farrn. 23. 1847. TYPE: Homoeotes heterophylla (Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow) C. Presl (Trichomanes heterophyllum Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow)
Hymenostachys Hymenostachys Bory, in Cuvier, Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 6: 588. 1824; 8: 462. 1825. TYPE: Hymenostachys diversifrons Bory
Lacostea Lacostea Bosch, Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. 11: 320. 1861. TYPE: Lacostea brachypus (Kunze) Prantl (Trichomanes brachypus Kunze) Lectotypified by C. V. Morton, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 38: 195. 1968.
Lecanium Lecanium C. Presl, Hymenoph. 11. 1843, non Reinwardt 1825. TYPE: Lecanium membranaceum (Linnaeus) C. Presl (Trichomanes membranaceum Linnaeus) = Lecanolepis Pichi Sermolli 1973.
Lecanolepis Lecanolepis Pichi Sermolli, Webbia 28: 449. 1973. TYPE: Lecanolepis membranacea (Linnaeus) Pichi Sermolli (Trichomanes membranaceum Linnaeus) Substitute name for Lecanium C. Presl 1843, non Reinwardt 1825.
Macroglena Macroglena (C. Presl) Copeland, Occas. Pap. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 14: 49. 1938. BASIONYM: Trichomanes Linnaeus, subg. Macroglena C. Presl, Gefaess. Stip. Farrn 25. 1847. TYPE: Macroglena meifolia (Bory ex Willdenow) Copeland (Trichomanes meifolium Bory ex Willdenow)
Maschalosorus Maschalosorus Bosch, Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. 11: 320. 1861. TYPE: Trichomanes mougeotii Bosch
Microgonium Microgonium C. Presl, Hymenoph. 19, t. 6(A, B). 1843. TYPE: Microgonium cuspidatum (Willdenow) C. Presl (Trichomanes cuspidatum Willdenow)
Mortoniopteris Mortoniopteris Pichi Sermolli, Webbia 31(1): 243. 1977. TYPE: Mortoniopteris scandens (Linnaeus) Pichi Sermolli (Trichomanes scandens Linnaeus)
Neuromanes Neuromanes Trevisan de Saint-Leon, Herb. Crypt. Trevis. 4. 1851. TYPE: Neuromanes pinnatum (Hedwig) Trevisan de Saint-Leon (Trichomanes pinnatum Hedwig) Substitute name for Neurophyllum C. Presl 1843, non Torrey & A. Gray 1840.
Neurophyllum Neurophyllum C. Presl, Hymenoph. 18, t. 4(C). 1843, non Torrey & A. Gray 1840. TYPE: Neurophyllum pinnatum (Hedwig) C. Presl (Trichomanes pinnatum Hedwig) Lectotypified by C. Christensen, Index Filicum XIV. 1906. = Neuromanes Trevisan 1851.
Odontomanes Odontomanes C. Presl, Epimel. Bot. 20. 1851 ("1849"); Abh. Koenigl. Boehm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5. 6: 380. 1851. TYPE: Odontomanes hostmannianum (Klotzsch) C. Presl (Neurophyllum hostmannianum Klotzsch)
Pteromanes Pteromanes Pichi Sermolli, Webbia 31(1): 244. 1977. TYPE: Pteromanes martiusii (C. Presl) Pichi Sermolli (Trichomanes martiusii C. Presl)
Ptilophyllum Ptilophyllum Bosch, Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. 11: 321. 1861, non Morris 1840, nec (Nuttall) Rafinesque 1841. TYPE: = Ragatelus C. Presl 1843.
Ragatelus Ragatelus C. Presl, Hymenoph. 16. 1843. TYPE: Ragatelus crinitus (Swartz) C. Presl (Trichomanes crinitum Swartz)
Selenodesmium Selenodesmium (Prantl) Copeland, Philipp. J. Sci. 67: 80. 1938. BASIONYM: Trichomanes Linnaeus, sect. Selenodesmium Prantl, Unters. Morph. Gefaesskrypt. 1: 53. 1875. TYPE: Selenodesmium rigidum (Swartz) Copeland (Trichomanes rigidum Swartz)
Vandenboschia Vandenboschia Copeland, Philipp. J. Aci. 67: 51. 1938. TYPE: Vandenboschia radicans (Swartz) Copeland (Trichomanes radicans Swartz)