Microgramma (fern)

Microgramma (fern)
Microgramma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Polypodiales
(unranked): Eupolypods I
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Microgramma
Species

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Synonyms

Solanopteris

Microgramma is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae. Most species in the genus are restricted to Central and South America.

It contains the following species (this list may be incomplete):

  • Microgramma bifrons
  • Microgramma dictyophylla
  • Microgramma latevagans
  • Microgramma lycopodioides
  • Microgramma megalophylla
  • Microgramma mauritiana
  • Microgramma microsoroides
  • Microgramma nitida
  • Microgramma percussa
  • Microgramma persicariifolia
  • Microgramma squamulosa
  • Microgramma tecta
  • Microgramma tuberosa
  • Microgramma vacciniifolia

References

  • Salino, A., et al., 2008, A new species of Microgramma (Polypodiaceae) from Brazil and recircumscription of the genus based on phylogenetic evidence, Systematic Botany, 33(4): 630–635.

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