Melpomene (plant)

Melpomene
	Melpomene moniliformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Polypodiineae
Family:	Polypodiaceae
Subfamily:	Grammitidoideae
Genus:	Melpomene; A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
Species
	See text.
Synonyms
	Polypodium sect. Cryptosorus (Fée) E.Fourn. ; Cryptosorus Fée ; Grammitis sect. Cryptosorus (Fée) R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon ;

Melpomene is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Grammitidoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).^[1]

It is native to the Neotropical realm in the Americas.

Species

Melpomene contains around 30 species.^[3] As of February 2020^[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following species:^[2]

Melpomene albicans Lehnert
Melpomene allosuroides (Rosenst.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
Melpomene anazalea Sundue & Lehnert
Melpomene caput-gorgonis Lehnert
Melpomene deltata (Mickel & Beitel) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
Melpomene erecta (C.V.Morton) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
Melpomene firma (J.Sm.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
Melpomene flabelliformis (Poir.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
Melpomene flagellata Lehnert
Melpomene gracilis (Hook.) A.R.Sm.
Melpomene huancabambensis Lehnert
Melpomene jimenezii Lehnert
Melpomene leptostoma (Fée) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
Melpomene melanosticta (Kunze) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
Melpomene michaelis Lehnert
Melpomene moniliformis (Lag. ex Sw.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
Melpomene occidentalis Lehnert
Melpomene paradoxa Lehnert
Melpomene personata Lehnert
Melpomene peruviana (Desv.). A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
Melpomene pilosissima (M.Martens & Galeotti) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
Melpomene pseudonutans (Christ & Rosenst.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
Melpomene sklenarii Lehnert
Melpomene sodiroi (Christ & Rosenst.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
Melpomene vernicosa (Copel.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
Melpomene vulcanica Lehnert
Melpomene wolfii (Hieron.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
Melpomene xiphopteroides (Liebm.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
Melpomene youngii (Stolze) B.León & A.R.Sm.
Melpomene zempoaltepetlensis (Mickel & Beitel) A.R.Sm.

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020). "Melpomene". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 8.20. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
^ 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. S2CID 86147816.

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[PPGI-1] 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.

[CFLW-2] Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020). "Melpomene". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 8.20. Retrieved 2020-02-22.

[3] 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. S2CID 86147816.

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