Microsorum

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Genus of ferns

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| image = Microsorum punctatum.jpg | image_caption = Microsorum punctatum | taxon = Microsorum | authority = Link | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. | synonyms = {{species list | Campylogramma | Alderw. | Colysis | C. Presl | Diblemma | J.Sm. | Dendroconche | Copel. | Kaulinia | B.K. Nayar | Microsorium | Link | Myrmecophila | Christ ex T.Nakai | Onychium | Reinw. | Phymatosorus | Pic.Serm. | synonyms_ref=

Microsorum is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Microsoroideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The species are tropical. Like most ferns, they grow from rhizomes, rather than roots. The genus name is often misspelled "Microsorium" or "Microsoreum" . It includes some species that are lithophytic rheophytes.

Taxonomy

The genus Phymatosorus is included in Microsorum in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). A 2019 molecular phylogenetic study of the subfamily Microsoroideae did not distinguish Phymatosorus from Microsorum, and suggested that the genus as there circumscribed was sister to Leptochilus, together forming one of the three main clades in the subfamily: |label1=Microsoroideae |1={{clade |1={{clade |1={{clade |1=Lepisorus s.l. (7 genera in the PPG I system) |2={{clade |1=Microsorum |2=Leptochilus |2=lecanopteroid genera (4 genera) |2=Goniophlebium

Species

, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species, either in Microsorum or in Phymatosorus with a synonym in Microsorum (marked "[P]" in the list).

Species placed elsewhere by the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World include:

References

Bibliography

  • D.J. Mabberley. 2008. Mabberley's plant-book: a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses, third edition, revised, Cambridge University Press, , , 1021 pages

References

  1. [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40019439 ''Microsorum'' Link] Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 15 Jan 2012
  2. [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40019439?tab=synonyms Synonyms] Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 15 Jan 2012
  3. {{GRIN genus
  4. "''Phymatosorus'' Pic.Serm.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. (January 2020). "Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World".
  6. (January 2020). "Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World".
  7. PPG I. (2016). "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns". Journal of Systematics and Evolution.
  8. (2019). "Phylogenetic and Morphological Analyses Support the Resurrection of ''Dendroconche'' and the Recognition of Two New Genera in Polypodiaceae Subfamily Microsoroideae". Systematic Botany.

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