Microgramma | |
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Microgramma heterophylla | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
Family: | Polypodiaceae |
Subfamily: | Polypodioideae |
Genus: | Microgramma C.Presl[1] |
Species | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Microgramma is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Polypodioideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[2] They are commonly known as vine ferns or snakeferns.[3][4]
The following species are accepted:[1]
Species name | Authority | Distribution |
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Microgramma baldwinii | Brade | Northwestern South America & Brazil |
Microgramma bifrons | (Hook.) Lellinger | Western South America |
Microgramma bismarckii | (Rauh) B.León | Western South America |
Microgramma brunei | (Wercklé ex Christ) Lellinger | Northern Latin America & Mexico |
Microgramma cordata | (Desv.) Crabbe | Bolivia |
Microgramma crispata | (Fée) R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon | Eastern Brazil |
Microgramma dictyophylla | (Kunze ex Mett.) de la Sota | Northern South America |
Microgramma fosteri | B.León & H.Beltrán | Peru |
Microgramma geminata | (Schrad.) R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon | Parts of northern South America |
Microgramma heterophylla | (L.) Wherry | Florida (US), Latin America, recorded from New Zealand & Norway |
Microgramma latevagans | (Maxon & C.Chr.) Lellinger | Peru & Bolivia |
Microgramma lindbergii | (Mett.) Sota | South America |
Microgramma lycopodioides | (L.) Copel. | Central South America to southern Mexico |
Microgramma mauritiana | (Willd.) Tardieu | Central to southern Africa incl. Madagascar, extinct from India |
Microgramma megalophylla | (Desv.) de la Sota | Northern to central South America |
Microgramma microsoroides | Salino, T.E.Almeida & A.R.Sm. | Espírito Santo (Brazil) |
Microgramma x moraviana | L.D.Gómez | Costa Rica |
Microgramma mortoniana | de la Sota | South-central South America |
Microgramma nana ? | (Liebm.) T.E.Almeida | Northern Latin America |
Microgramma nitida | (J.Sm.) A.R.Sm. | Northern Latin America |
Microgramma percussa ? | (Cav.) de la Sota | South America |
Microgramma persicariifolia | C.Presl | Northern South America |
Microgramma piloselloides | (L.) Copel | Central to northern Latin America |
Microgramma recreense | (Hieron.) Lellinger | Ecuador |
Microgramma reptans | (Cav.) A.R.Sm. | Northern South America |
Microgramma rosmarinifolia | (Kunth) R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon | Western South America |
Microgramma squamulosa | (Kaulf.) de la Sota, 1961 | Brazil |
Microgramma tecta | (Kaulf.) Alston | Central to northern South America |
Microgramma thurnii | (Baker) R.M.Tryon & Stolze | Central to northern South America |
Microgramma tobagensis | (C.Chr.) C.D.Adams & Baksh.-Com | Northwestern South America and Brazil |
Microgramma tuberosa[a] (EN) | (Maxon) Lellinger | Ecuador |
Microgramma ulei | (Hieron.) Stolze | Western South America |
Microgramma vacciniifolia | (Langsd. & Fisch.) Copel. | Central to northern South America |
References for this table:[5][6][7] |
Species in the genus are native to tropical ecoregions in the Americas and Africa.[3][8]
Regions and countries include: Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, South America (including Argentina and Brazil), tropical Africa, southern Africa, and western Indian Ocean islands.[3][4][9][10]