Microgramma megalophylla
Microgramma megalophylla is a species of epiphytic fern, native to tropical South America.[1] It is a myrmecophyte, producing domatia in its rhizome which ants live.[2]
Microgramma megalophylla | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
Family: | Polypodiaceae |
Genus: | Microgramma |
Species: | M. megalophylla |
Binomial name | |
Microgramma megalophylla (Desv.) de la Sota | |
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References
- "Microgramma megalophylla (Desv.) de la Sota | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- Almeida, Thaís Elias (April 2018). "Ant-Fern Association in Microgramma megalophylla". American Fern Journal. 108 (2): 62–64. doi:10.1640/0002-8444-108.2.62. ISSN 0002-8444.
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