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Microsorum

Microsorum
Microsorum pteropus.jpg
Microsorum pteropus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida/Pteridopsida
(disputed)
Order: Polypodiales
(unranked): Eupolypods I
Family: Polypodiaceae
Subfamily: Microsoroideae
Genus: Microsorum
Link Hort. Berol. 1833
Species

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Synonyms
  • Campylogramma Alderw. 1916
  • Colysis C. Presl 1851
  • Dendroconche Copel. 1911
  • Kaulinia B.K. Nayar 1964
  • Microsorium Link 1841
  • Myrmecophila Christ ex T. Nakai 1929
  • Onychium Reinw. 1825
  • Phymatosorus Pic. Serm. 1973

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Microsorum is a genus of over fifty species of tropical ferns. 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.


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