Melpomene (plant)
| Melpomene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pteridophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida/Pteridopsida (disputed) |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| (unranked): | Eupolypods I |
| Family: | Polypodiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Grammitidoideae |
| Genus: | Melpomene A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran |
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Melpomene is a genus of grammitid ferns in the Polypodiaceae family.
It is native to the Neotropic ecozone in the Americas.
Species
Melpomene contains around 30 species, including Melpomene brevipes.[1]
References
- ↑ Lehnert, Marcus; Kessler, Michael; Schmidt-Lebuhn, Alexander N.; Klimas, Susan A.; Fehlberg, Shannon D.; Ranker, Tom A. (2009). "Phylogeny of the Fern Genus Melpomene (Polypodiaceae) Inferred from Morphology and Chloroplast DNA Analysis". Systematic Botany. 34 (1): 17–27. doi:10.1600/036364409787602276. JSTOR 40211865.
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