Scientific or common name:

Melpomense anfractuosa (Kunze ex Klotzsch) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran

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GRAMMITIDACEAE - Kihi Fern family Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Melpomense anfractuosa (Kunze ex Klotzsch) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Zigzag dwarf polypody

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Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Grammitis anfractuosa (Kunze ex Klotzsch) Proctor
= Polypodium anfractuosum Kunze ex Klotzsch

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: -
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Filicopsida
Subclass: -
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Grammitidaceae
Genus: Melpomense
Species:

1) Melpomense anfractuosa (Kunze ex Klotzsch) A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran 2) Melpomense flabelliformis (Poir.) A.R. Sm. & C.R. Moran

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA+ (Puerto Rico)
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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Kingdoms
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1) Fungi 2) Plantae

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Divisions
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1) Anthocerotophyta (Hornworts) 2) Bryophyta (Mosses) 3) Chlorophyta (Green algae) 4) Coniferophyta (Conifers) 5) Cycadophyta (Cycads) 6) Equisetophyta (Horsetails) 7) Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo) 8) Gnetophyta (Gnetophytes) 9) Hepaticophyta (Liverworts) 10) Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods) 11) Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) 12) Psilophyta (Whisk-ferns) 13) Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Classes
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1) Filicopsida 2) Polypodiopsida

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Families
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1) Anemiaceae (Flowering Fern family) 2) Aspleniaceae (Spleenwort family) 3) Blechnaceae (Chain Fern family) 4) Cyatheaceae (Tree Fern family) 5) Davalliaceae (Hanging Fern family) 6) Dennstaedtiaceae (Bracken Fern family) 7) Dicksoniaceae (Tree Fern family) 8) Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family) 9) Gleicheniaceae (Forking Fern family) 10) Grammitidaceae (Kihi Fern family) 11) Hymenophyllaceae (Filmy Fern family) 12) Lophosoriaceae (Diamond-leaf Fern family) 13) Lygodiaceae (Climbing Fern family) 14) Marattiaceae (Vessel Fern family) 15) Marsileaceae (Water-clover family) 16) Ophioglossaceae 17) Osmundaceae (Royal Fern family) 18) Parkeriaceae (Water Fern family) 19) Polypodiaceae (Polypody family) 20) Pteridaceae (Maidenhair Fern family) 21) Salviniaceae (Floating Fern family) 22) Schizaeaceae (Curly-grass family) 23) Thelypteridaceae (Marsh Fern family) 24) Vittariaceae (Shoestring Fern family)

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Genera (Grammitidaceae)
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1) Adenophorus (kihifern) 2) Amphoradenium (kihifern) 3) Cochlidium (snailfern) 4) Enterosora (threefork polypody) 5) Grammitis (dwarf polypody) 6) Lellingeria 7) Melpomense (dwarf polypody) 8) Polypodium (kihifern) 9) Xiphopteris (dwarf polypody) 10) Zygophlebia (octopus fern)

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Common names (Melpomense)
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1) Fanleaf dwarf polypody (Melpomense flabelliformis) 2) Zigzag dwarf polypody (Melpomense anfractuosa)

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More species:
1) Menegazzia pertusa (Schrank) Stein [253]
2) Menegazzia terebrata (Hoffm.) A. Massal. [347]
3) Menendezia biflora (Cogn.) Britton [225]
4) Menendezia urbanii (Cogn.) Britton [192]
5) Meniscium serratum Cav. [240]
6) Menodora scabra A. Gray var. glabrescens A. Gray [190]
7) Menodora scoparia Engelm. ex A. Gray [203]
8) Mentha arvensis L. [3110]
9) Mentha arvensis L. var. sativa auct. non Benth. [164]
10) Mentha gentilis auct. non L. [171]

29-Apr-2024 - Week-18

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