Micropolypodium

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

Micropolypodium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Subfamily: Grammitidoideae
Genus: Micropolypodium
Hayata[1]
Type species
Micropolypodium okuboi
(Yatabe) Hayata

It is native to China, Japan, and the Philippines.

Species

Neotropical (the Americas) species formerly placed in the genus have been reclassified to Moranopteris.

Micropolypodium now contains the following species according to the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World as of February 2020:[2]

  • Micropolypodium okuboi (Yatabe) Hayata
  • Micropolypodium pulogense (Copel.) A.R.Sm.
  • Micropolypodium sikkimense (Hieron.) X.C.Zhang

References

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


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