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Microgramma (plant)

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Order
  
Polypodiales

Subfamily
  
Polypodioideae

Higher classification
  
Polypodiaceae

Division
  
Pteridophyta

Family
  
Polypodiaceae

Scientific name
  
Microgramma

Rank
  
Genus

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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.

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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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