Microgramma (plant)
Microgramma is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Polypodioideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016. They are commonly known as vine ferns or snakeferns.Species
, Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following species:
- Microgramma baldwinii Brade
- Microgramma bifrons Lellinger
- Microgramma bismarckii B.León
- Microgramma brunei Lellinger
- Microgramma cordata Crabbe
- Microgramma crispata R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon
- Microgramma dictyophylla de la Sota
- Microgramma fosteri B.León & H.Beltrán
- Microgramma geminata R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon
- Microgramma heterophylla Wherry
- Microgramma latevagans Lellinger
- Microgramma lindbergii de la Sota
- Microgramma lycopodioides Copel.
- Microgramma mauritiana Tardieu
- Microgramma megalophylla de la Sota
- Microgramma microsoroides Salino, T.E.Almeida & A.R.Sm.
- Microgramma × moraviana L.D.Gómez
- Microgramma mortoniana de la Sota
- Microgramma nitida A.R.Sm.
- Microgramma percussa de la Sota
- Microgramma persicariifolia C.Presl
- Microgramma piloselloides Copel.
- Microgramma recreense Lellinger
- Microgramma reptans A.R.Sm.
- Microgramma rosmarinifolia R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon
- Microgramma squamulosa de la Sota
- Microgramma tecta Alston
- Microgramma thurnii R.M.Tryon & Stolze
- Microgramma tobagensis C.D.Adams & Baksh.-Com.
- Microgramma tuberosa Lellinger
- Microgramma ulei Stolze
- Microgramma vaccinifolia Copel.
Distribution
Species in the genus are native to tropical ecoregions in the Americas and Africa.
Regions and countries include: Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, South America, tropical Africa, southern Africa, and western Indian Ocean islands.
