| Melpomene | |
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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 |
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Melpomene is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Grammitidoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).
It is native to the Neotropical realm in the Americas and Africa.
The genus name of Melpomene is named after Melpomene, the Greek mythology being, the muse of chorus, who eventually became the muse of tragedy.
The genus was circumscribed by Alan Reid Smith and Robbin C. Moran in Novon Vol.2 (Issue 4) on page 426 in 1992.
Species
Melpomene contains around 30, to 49 species. As of February 2020, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following species:
- 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020). "Melpomene". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 8.20. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
- ^ "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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