Genus Melpomene A. R. Sm. & R. C. Moran


Summary
Genus number:
27780
Last updated:
9 August 2012
Family:
Polypodiaceae
Accession count:

0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:

There are no associated species records for this genus in GRIN.

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References:
  1. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. Note: accepts
  2. Lehnert, M. et al. 2009. Phylogeny of the fern genus Melpomene (Polypodiaceae) inferred from morphology and chloroplast DNA analysis. Syst. Bot. 34:17-27. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  3. Smith, A. R. & R. C. Moran. 1992. Melpomene, a new genus of Grammitidaceae (Pteridophyta). Novon 2:426-432.
  4. Smith, A. R. et al. 2006. A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55:705-731.
  5. Sundue, M. A. et al. 2010. Systematics of grammitid ferns (Polypodiaceae): Using morphology and plastid sequence data to resolve the circumscription of Melpomene and the polyphyletic genera Lellingeria and Terpsichore. Syst. Bot. 35:701-715. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=27780. Accessed 13 May 2026.