Melpomene (plant)

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Melpomene
Melpomene moniliformis.jpg
Melpomene moniliformis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Subfamily: Grammitidoideae
Genus: Melpomene
A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran[1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms[2]
  • Polypodium sect. Cryptosorus (Fée) E.Fourn.
  • Cryptosorus Fée
  • Grammitis sect. Cryptosorus (Fée) R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon

Melpomene is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Grammitidoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[1]

It is native to the Neotropical realm in the Americas.

Species[]

Melpomene contains around 30 species.[3] As of February 2020, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following species:[2]

  • Lehnert
  • (Rosenst.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
  • Sundue & Lehnert
  • Lehnert
  • (Mickel & Beitel) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
  • (C.V.Morton) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
  • (J.Sm.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
  • (Poir.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
  • Lehnert
  • (Hook.) A.R.Sm.
  • Lehnert
  • Lehnert
  • (Fée) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
  • (Kunze) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
  • Lehnert
  • (Lag. ex Sw.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
  • Lehnert
  • Lehnert
  • Lehnert
  • (Desv.). A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
  • (M.Martens & Galeotti) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
  • (Christ & Rosenst.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
  • Lehnert
  • (Christ & Rosenst.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
  • (Copel.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
  • Lehnert
  • (Hieron.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
  • (Liebm.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
  • (Stolze) B.León & A.R.Sm.
  • (Mickel & Beitel) A.R.Sm.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b PPG I (2016). "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 54 (6): 563–603. doi:10.1111/jse.12229. S2CID 39980610.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020). "Melpomene". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 8.20. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  3. ^ Lehnert, Marcus; Kessler, Michael; Schmidt-Lebuhn, Alexander N.; Klimas, Susan A.; Fehlberg, Shannon D.; Ranker, Tom A. (2009). "Phylogeny of the Fern Genus Melpomene (Polypodiaceae) Inferred from Morphology and Chloroplast DNA Analysis". Systematic Botany. 34 (1): 17–27. doi:10.1600/036364409787602276. JSTOR 40211865. S2CID 86147816.


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