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Cyclodium meniscioides

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Order
  
Polypodiales

Subfamily
  
Elaphoglossoideae

Division
  
Pteridophytes

Family
  
Dryopteridaceae

Rank
  
Species

Cyclodium meniscioides

Class
  
Polypodiopsida /  Pteridopsida (disputed)

Similar
  
Asplenium serratum, Triplophyllum, Campyloneurum phyllitidis, Trichomanes pinnatum, Campyloneurum

Cyclodium meniscioides is a fern in the family Dryopteridaceae.

The fern is native to northern and western South America, including in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, central Peru; and on the Guiana Shield in French Guyana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Varieties

Varieties include:

  • Cyclodium meniscioides var. meniscioides
  • Cyclodium meniscioides var. paludosum (C.V. Morton) A.R. Sm.
  • Cyclodium meniscioides var. rigidissimum (C. Chr.) A.R. Sm.
  • References

    Cyclodium meniscioides Wikipedia