Melpomene (plant)
Appearance
Melpomene | |
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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 | |
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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.