Melpomene brevipes

Melpomene brevipes
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Pteridopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
(unranked):	Eupolypods I
Family:	Polypodiaceae
Genus:	Melpomene
Species:	M. brevipes
Binomial name
	Melpomene brevipes; (C.V.Morton) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran

Melpomene brevipes is a species of fern in the Polypodiaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Sources

Navarrete, H. & Pitman, N. 2003. Melpomene brevipes. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.

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