Mycopteris
Mycopteris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
Family: | Polypodiaceae |
Subfamily: | Grammitidoideae |
Genus: | Mycopteris Sundue[1] |
Type species | |
Mycopteris taxifolia (L.) Sundue
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Species | |
Mycopteris 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 known from the American tropics.
Description
Most members of the genus are
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Taxonomy
The genus was first described by Michael Sundue in 2014 to receive some of the species of the genus
The name "Mycopteris" is derived from the Greek roots myco-, "fungus", and -pteris, "fern", referring to the near-universal association of these ferns with the
Species
As of February 2020[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following species:[3]
- Mycopteris alsopteris (C.V.Morton) Sundue
- Mycopteris amphidasyon (Mett.) Sundue
- Mycopteris attenuatissima (Copel.) Sundue
- Mycopteris costaricensis (Rosenst.) Sundue
- Mycopteris cretata (Maxon) Sundue
- Mycopteris grata (Fée) Sundue
- Mycopteris leucolepis (Gilbert) Sundue
- Mycopteris leucosticta (J.Sm.) Sundue
- Mycopteris longicaulis (Sundue & M.Kessler) Sundue
- Mycopteris longipilosa Sundue
- Mycopteris martiniana Sundue
- Mycopteris pirrensis (A.R.Sm.) Sundue
- Mycopteris praeceps (Sundue & M.Kessler) Sundue
- Mycopteris semihirsuta (Klotzsch) Sundue
- Mycopteris steyermarkii (Labiak) Sundue
- Mycopteris subtilis (Kunze ex Klotzsch) Sundue
- Mycopteris taxifolia (L.) Sundue
- Mycopteris zeledoniana (Lellinger) Sundue
Distribution
Members of the genus are found from Mexico east into the East Indies and south to Bolivia.[2]
References
- ^ S2CID 39980610.
- ^ S2CID 41060242.
- ^ Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020). "Mycopteris". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 8.20. Retrieved 2020-02-22.