Microgramma (plant)

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]

Microgramma
Microgramma heterophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Subfamily: Polypodioideae
Genus: Microgramma
C.Presl[1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Anapeltis J.Sm.
  • Craspedaria Link
  • Goniophlebium sect. Lopholepis J.Sm.
  • Lopholepis (J.Sm.) J.Sm.
  • Microgramma subg. Solanopteris (Copel.) Lellinger
  • Solanopteris Copel.

Species

As of February 2020, Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following species:[1]

  • Microgramma baldwinii Brade
  • Microgramma bifrons (Hook.) Lellinger
  • Microgramma bismarckii (Rauh) B.León
  • Microgramma brunei (Wercklé ex Christ) Lellinger
  • Microgramma cordata (Desv.) Crabbe
  • Microgramma crispata (Fée) R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon
  • Microgramma dictyophylla (Kunze ex Mett.) de la Sota
  • Microgramma fosteri B.León & H.Beltrán
  • Microgramma geminata (Schrad.) R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon
  • Microgramma heterophylla (L.) Wherry
  • Microgramma latevagans (Maxon & C.Chr.) Lellinger
  • Microgramma lindbergii (Mett.) de la Sota
  • Microgramma lycopodioides (L.) Copel.
  • Microgramma mauritiana (Willd.) Tardieu
  • Microgramma megalophylla (Desv.) de la Sota
  • Microgramma microsoroides Salino, T.E.Almeida & A.R.Sm.
  • Microgramma × moraviana L.D.Gómez
  • Microgramma mortoniana de la Sota
  • Microgramma nitida (J.Sm.) A.R.Sm.
  • Microgramma percussa (Cav.) de la Sota
  • Microgramma persicariifolia (Schrad.) C.Presl
  • Microgramma piloselloides (L.) Copel.
  • Microgramma recreense (Hieron.) Lellinger
  • Microgramma reptans (Cav.) A.R.Sm.
  • Microgramma rosmarinifolia (Kunth) R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon
  • Microgramma squamulosa (Kaulf.) de la Sota
  • Microgramma tecta (Kaulf.) Alston
  • Microgramma thurnii (Baker) R.M.Tryon & Stolze
  • Microgramma tobagensis (C.Chr.) C.D.Adams & Baksh.-Com.
  • Microgramma tuberosa (Maxon) Lellinger
  • Microgramma ulei (Hieron.) Stolze
  • Microgramma vaccinifolia (Langsd. & Fisch.) Copel.

Distribution

Species in the genus are native to tropical ecoregions in the Americas and Africa.[3][5]

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][6][7]

References
  1. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020). "Microgramma". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 8.20. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  2. PPG I (2016). "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 54 (6): 563–603. doi:10.1111/jse.12229. S2CID 39980610.
  3. Flora of North America: the genus Microgramma . accessed 6 September 2016.
  4. "Microgramma". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network)-Global Web v 1.9.6.2: Taxonomy report for Microgramma
  6. Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Microgramma
  7. KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases: Search results for Microgramma

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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