Melpomene (plant)

Melpomene is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Grammitidoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[1]

Melpomene
Melpomene moniliformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
Species

See text.

Synonyms[2]
  • Polypodium sect. Cryptosorus (Fée) E.Fourn.
  • Cryptosorus Fée
  • Grammitis sect. Cryptosorus (Fée) R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon

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

Melpomene contains around 30,[5] to 49 species.[6] As of February 2020, 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
  1. 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.
  2. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020). "Melpomene". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 8.20. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  3. "Melpomene A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. "Polypodiaceae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 July 2022.


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