Microgramma (plant)

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Kingdom Plantae Order Polypodiales Subfamily Polypodioideae Higher classification Polypodiaceae		Division Pteridophyta Family Polypodiaceae Scientific name Microgramma Rank Genus

Similar Polypodiaceae, Campyloneurum, Pleopeltis, Pecluma, Niphidium

Microgramma, with the common names of the vine ferns or snakeferns, is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae.

Distribution

Species in the genus are native to tropical ecoregions in The Americas and/or Africa.

Regions and countries include: Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, South America (including Argentina and Brazil), tropical Africa, southern Africa, and western Indian Ocean islands.

Species

Species of Microgramma include (list may be incomplete):

Microgramma bifrons

Microgramma dictyophylla

Microgramma heterophylla (L.) Wherry. — Climbing vine fern, native to the Caribbean.

Microgramma latevagans

Microgramma lycopodiodes (L.) Copel. — Tropical Africa, Madagascar; Mauritius, South Africa.

Microgramma megalophylla

Microgramma mauritiana (Willd.) Tardieu. — endemic to Mauritius. Syn: Microgramma lycopodioides (L.) Copel.

Microgramma microsoroides

Microgramma nitida — Mexico.

Microgramma percussa

Microgramma persicariifolia

Microgramma piloselloides (L.) Copel. — northern Mexico.

Microgramma reptans (Cav.) A. R. Sm. —Chiapas (Mexico), Cuba, Central America, northern and western South America. Syn: Microgramma ciliata (Willd.) Alston.

Microgramma squamulosa

Microgramma tecta

Microgramma tuberosa — Mexico, Central America, South America, Brazil.

Microgramma tuberosum (Maxon) Lellinger. — endemic to Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador. IUCN Red List Endangered species.

Microgramma vacciniifolia (Langsd. & Fisch.) Copel. — Caribbean (Grenada, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago), Brazil, northern/southern/western South America.

References

Microgramma (plant) Wikipedia

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