Species

Hymenophyllum mossambicense (Schelpe) Schippers

Synonyms	Hymenophyllum polyanthos (Sw.) Sw. var. mossambicense Schelpe
Common name
Description	Rhizome wiry, without ventrally attached hairs. Fronds spaced apart, linear ovate or narrowly ovate. Stipe up to 2.5 cm long, wiry, narrowly winged at least in the upper half. Lamina up to 45 × 4.5 cm; pinnae pinnatifid to 2-pinnatifid into up to 180 linear entire rounded lobes, ultimate lobes set widely apart. Rhachis narrowly winged. Sori on acroscopic basal segments of pinnae, broadly obconic, indusial valves entire.
Notes	Can be separated from other species by having hairless fronds and entire lobe margins. Can be distinguished from H. capense by having pinnae that are composed of more than 15 lobes. Can be separated from H. kuhnii by having a rhizome that does not have ventrally attached hairs and ultimate lobes that are set widely apart.
Derivation	mossambicense: of Mozambique.
Habitat	Deeply shaded boulders along streams in moist montane forest.
Distribution worldwide	See African distribution.
Distribution in Africa	Malawi , Mozambique , Zimbabwe .
Growth form	Lithophytic.
Literature	Burrows, J.E. (1990) Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Page 96. Placed in synonymy with H. capense Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983) The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 196 - 197. Roux, J.P. (2001) Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta.Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report, 13 Page 43. Roux, J.P. (2009) Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Strelitzia 23, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Page 46. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970) Pteridophyta.Flora Zambesiaca, 0 Pages 79 - 80. (Includes a picture).