Melpomene is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Grammitidoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[1]
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| Melpomene moniliformis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
| Family: | Polypodiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Grammitidoideae |
| Genus: | Melpomene A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran[1] |
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It is native to the Neotropical realm in the Americas and Africa.[3]
The genus name of Melpomene is named after Melpomene, the Greek mythology being, the muse of chorus, who eventually became the muse of tragedy.[4]
The genus was circumscribed by Alan Reid Smith and Robbin C. Moran in Novon Vol.2 (Issue 4) on page 426 in 1992.[3]
Species edit
Melpomene contains around 30,[5] to 49 species.[6] As of February 2020[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following species:[2]
- Melpomene albicans Lehnert
- Melpomene allosuroides (Rosenst.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
- Melpomene anazalea Sundue & Lehnert
- Melpomene caput-gorgonis Lehnert
- Melpomene deltata (Mickel & Beitel) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
- Melpomene erecta (C.V.Morton) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
- Melpomene firma (J.Sm.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
- Melpomene flabelliformis (Poir.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
- Melpomene flagellata Lehnert
- Melpomene gracilis (Hook.) A.R.Sm.
- Melpomene huancabambensis Lehnert
- Melpomene jimenezii Lehnert
- Melpomene leptostoma (Fée) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
- Melpomene melanosticta (Kunze) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
- Melpomene michaelis Lehnert
- Melpomene moniliformis (Lag. ex Sw.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
- Melpomene occidentalis Lehnert
- Melpomene paradoxa Lehnert
- Melpomene personata Lehnert
- Melpomene peruviana (Desv.). A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
- Melpomene pilosissima (M.Martens & Galeotti) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
- Melpomene pseudonutans (Christ & Rosenst.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
- Melpomene sklenarii Lehnert
- Melpomene sodiroi (Christ & Rosenst.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
- Melpomene vernicosa (Copel.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
- Melpomene vulcanica Lehnert
- Melpomene wolfii (Hieron.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
- Melpomene xiphopteroides (Liebm.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran
- Melpomene youngii (Stolze) B.León & A.R.Sm.
- Melpomene zempoaltepetlensis (Mickel & Beitel) A.R.Sm.
References edit
- ^ a b 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. S2CID 39980610.
- ^ a b Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020). "Melpomene". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 8.20. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
- ^ a b "Melpomene A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ Lehnert, Marcus; Kessler, Michael; Schmidt-Lebuhn, Alexander N.; Klimas, Susan A.; Fehlberg, Shannon D.; Ranker, Tom A. (2009). "Phylogeny of the Fern Genus Melpomene (Polypodiaceae) Inferred from Morphology and Chloroplast DNA Analysis". Systematic Botany. 34 (1): 17–27. doi:10.1600/036364409787602276. JSTOR 40211865. S2CID 86147816.
- ^ "Polypodiaceae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
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