Cyclodium meniscioides

Cyclodium meniscioides is a fern in the family Dryopteridaceae.

Cyclodium meniscioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Cyclodium
Species:
C. meniscioides
Binomial name
Cyclodium meniscioides
Synonyms[3]
  • Aspidium meniscioides Willd.
  • Dryopteris meniscioides (Willd.) Kuntze
  • Nephrodium meniscioides (Willd.) J.Sm.
  • Stigmatopteris meniscioides (Willd.) K.U.Kramer

The fern is native to northern and western South America, including in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, central Peru; and on the Guiana Shield in French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.[4]

Varieties

Varieties include:[5]

  • Cyclodium meniscioides var. meniscioides
  • Cyclodium meniscioides var. paludosum (C.V. Morton) A.R. Sm.[2]
  • Cyclodium meniscioides var. rigidissimum (C. Chr.) A.R. Sm.[2]

References


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