The genus
Trichomanes was first described by
Carl Linnaeus in 1753. Other sources, including
Plants of the World Online , treated
Trichomanes as the only genus in the subfamily Trichomanoideae, so that it included all the other genera, and had about 250 species.
Phylogeny Species formerly placed in this genus include: •
Trichomanes angustatum Carmich. =
Polyphlebium angustatum (Carmich.) Ebihara & Dubuisson •
Trichomanes bauerianum =
Callistopteris baueriana (Endl.) Copel – Bauer's bristle fern •
Trichomanes boryanum =
Cephalomanes atrovirens •
Trichomanes boschianum =
Vandenboschia boschiana (J.W.Sturm ex Bosch) Ebihara & K.Iwats. – Appalachian bristle fern •
Trichomanes caudatum Brack. =
Abrodictyum caudatum (Brack.) Ebihara & K.Iwats. •
Trichomanes intricatum =
Crepidomanes intricatum (Farrar) Ebihara & Weakley – Weft fern •
Trichomanes melanopus =
Didymoglossum melanopus (Baker) Copel. •
Trichomanes petersii =
Didymoglossum petersii (A. Gray) Copel. – Dwarf bristle fern •
Trichomanes reniforme =
Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum Ebihara & K. Iwats. •
Trichomanes speciosum =
Vandenboschia speciosa (Willd.) G. Kunkel •
Trichomanes tenuissimum =
Polyphlebium tenuissimum (Bosch)
comb. ined. •
Trichomanes venosum R.Br. =
Polyphlebium venosum (R.Br.) Copel. ==References==