Microgramma (plant)

Microgramma
Microgramma heterophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Pteridophyta
Class:Polypodiopsida/Pteridopsida
(disputed)
Order:Polypodiales
(unranked):Eupolypods I
Family:Polypodiaceae
Subfamily:Polypodioideae
Genus:Microgramma
C. Presl
Species

See text

Synonyms

Pleurogonium (C. Presl) Lindl. Solanopteris Copel.

Microgramma, with the common names of the vine ferns or snakeferns, is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae.[1][2]

Distribution

Species in the genus are native to tropical ecoregions in The Americas and/or Africa.[1][3]

Regions and countries include: Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, South America (including Argentina and Brazil), tropical Africa, southern Africa, and western Indian Ocean islands.[1][2][4][5]

Species

Species of Microgramma include (list may be incomplete):[1][6]

  • Microgramma bifrons
  • Microgramma dictyophylla
  • Microgramma heterophylla (L.) Wherry. — Climbing vine fern, native to the Caribbean.[7]
  • Microgramma latevagans
  • Microgramma lycopodiodes (L.) Copel. — Tropical Africa, Madagascar; Mauritius, South Africa.[8]
  • Microgramma megalophylla
  • Microgramma mauritiana (Willd.) Tardieu. — endemic to Mauritius. Syn: Microgramma lycopodioides (L.) Copel.[9]
  • Microgramma microsoroides
  • Microgramma nitida — Mexico.
  • Microgramma percussa
  • Microgramma persicariifolia
  • Microgramma piloselloides (L.) Copel. — northern Mexico.[10]
  • Microgramma reptans (Cav.) A. R. Sm. —Chiapas (Mexico), Cuba, Central America, northern and western South America.[11] Syn: Microgramma ciliata (Willd.) Alston.[12]
  • 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.[13]
  • Microgramma vacciniifolia (Langsd. & Fisch.) Copel. — Caribbean (Grenada, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago), Brazil, northern/southern/western South America.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Flora of North America: the genus Microgramma . accessed 6 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Microgramma". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. ↑ GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network)-Global Web v 1.9.6.2: Taxonomy report for Microgramma
  4. ↑ Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Microgramma
  5. ↑ KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases: Search results for Microgramma
  6. ↑ GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network): Microgramma species links
  7. ↑ Flora of North America: Microgramma heterophylla
  8. ↑ GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network)-Global Web v 1.9.6.2: Microgramma lycopodiodes
  9. ↑ Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information on Microgramma mauritiana
  10. ↑ Flora del noroeste dé Mexico: Microgramma piloselloides
  11. ↑ GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network)-Global Web v 1.9.6.2: Microgramma reptans
  12. ↑ GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network)-Global Web v 1.9.6.2: Microgramma ciliata
  13. ↑ The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2003: Microgramma tuberosum . accessed 6 September 2016.
  14. ↑ GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network)-Global Web v 1.9.6.2: Microgramma vacciniifolia

Further reading

  • Schneider, H. et al. 2004. Unraveling the phylogeny of polygrammoid ferns (Polypodiaceae and Grammitidaceae): exploring aspects of the diversification of epiphytic plants. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 31:1041-1063.
  • Salino, A., et al., 2008, A new species of Microgramma (Polypodiaceae) from Brazil and recircumscription of the genus based on phylogenetic evidence, Systematic Botany, 33(4): 630–635.


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