Microgramma, with the common names of the vine ferns or snakeferns, is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae.
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 of Microgramma include (list may be incomplete):
Microgramma bifronsMicrogramma dictyophyllaMicrogramma heterophylla (L.) Wherry. — Climbing vine fern, native to the Caribbean.Microgramma latevagansMicrogramma lycopodiodes (L.) Copel. — Tropical Africa, Madagascar; Mauritius, South Africa.Microgramma megalophyllaMicrogramma mauritiana (Willd.) Tardieu. — endemic to Mauritius. Syn: Microgramma lycopodioides (L.) Copel.Microgramma microsoroidesMicrogramma nitida — Mexico.Microgramma percussaMicrogramma persicariifoliaMicrogramma 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 squamulosaMicrogramma tectaMicrogramma 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.
