Microlepia

Microlepia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Dennstaedtiales
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
Genus: Microlepia
C.Presl
Type species
Microlepia polypodioides
(Sw.) C.Presl[1][2]

Microlepia is a genus of ferns in the family Dennstaedtiaceae described as a genus in 1836.[3][2] Most of the species are native to Asia, with many endemic to China, although a few species occur also in Australia, Africa, the West Indies, Latin America, and various oceanic islands.[2][4][5]

Species[6]
  1. Microlepia ampla - Hainan
  2. Microlepia angustipinna - Yunnan
  3. Microlepia aspidioides
  4. Microlepia attenuata - Fujian
  5. Microlepia calvescens - China, India, Vietnam
  6. Microlepia caudifolia - Yunnan
  7. Microlepia caudiformis - Yunnan
  8. Microlepia caudipinnata - Guangdong
  9. Microlepia chingii - Hainan
  10. Microlepia chrysocarpa - Chongqing, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan
  11. Microlepia communis - Yunnan
  12. Microlepia crassa - Yunnan
  13. Microlepia crenata - Yunnan
  14. Microlepia crenatoserrata - Yunnan
  15. Microlepia critica - Guangxi
  16. Microlepia firma - Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand
  17. Microlepia flaccida - Australia
  18. Microlepia formosana - Taiwan
  19. Microlepia fujianensis - Fujian
  20. Microlepia ganlanbaensis - Yunnan
  21. Microlepia gigantea - Yunnan
  22. Microlepia glabra - Sichuan
  23. Microlepia hainanensis - Hainan
  24. Microlepia hancei - China, Bhutan, India, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Nepal, Vietnam
  25. Microlepia herbacea - Vietnam
  26. Microlepia hirsuta - Luzon
  27. Microlepia hispida - Yunnan, Vietnam
  28. Microlepia hookeriana - China, Borneo, N India, Indonesia, Ryukyu Islands, Malaysia, Nepal, Vietnam
  29. Microlepia intermedia - Guangxi
  30. Microlepia jamaicensis - Cuba, Jamaica
  31. Microlepia japonica - Japan
  32. Microlepia kansuensis - Gansu
  33. Microlepia khasiyana - India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, China
  34. Microlepia kurzii - Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand
  35. Microlepia kwangtungensis - Guangdong
  36. Microlepia lofoushanensis - Guangdong
  37. Microlepia longipilosa - Yunnan
  38. Microlepia madagascariensis - Madagascar
  39. Microlepia marginalis - India
  40. Microlepia marginata - China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
  41. Microlepia matthewii - Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Vietnam
  42. Microlepia medogensis - Tibet
  43. Microlepia membranacea - Guangdong, Hunan
  44. Microlepia modesta - Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang
  45. Microlepia mollifolia - Taiwan
  46. Microlepia neostrigosa - Yunnan
  47. Microlepia obtusiloba - Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Vietnam
  48. Microlepia omeiensis - Sichuan
  49. Microlepia pallida - Guangdong, Guangxi
  50. Microlepia paucipinnata - Guangdong
  51. Microlepia phanerophlebia - Vietnam
  52. Microlepia pilosissima - Yunnan
  53. Microlepia pingpienensis - Yunnan
  54. Microlepia pinnata - SE Asia, India, Taiwan, New Guinea
  55. Microlepia platyphylla - S China, Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Philippines
  56. Microlepia polypodioides - Himalayas
  57. Microlepia pseudostrigosa - Japan, Vietnam, China
  58. Microlepia puberula - Thailand, Borneo
  59. Microlepia rhomboidea - China, Himalayas, SE Asia
  60. Microlepia scabra - Himalayas
  61. Microlepia scyphoformis - Hainan
  62. Microlepia setosa - Japan
  63. Microlepia singpienensis - Yunnan
  64. Microlepia sinostrigosa - Sichuan
  65. Microlepia speluncae - SE Asia, S China, Indian Subcontinent, Australia, Africa, West Indies, Brazil, Polynesia--
  66. Microlepia straminea - Yunnan
  67. Microlepia strigosa - SE Asia, S China, Pacific Islands
  68. Microlepia subrhomboidea - Yunnan
  69. Microlepia subspeluncae - Yunnan
  70. Microlepia substrigosa - Taiwan, Japan
  71. Microlepia subtrichosticha - Hainan
  72. Microlepia szechuanica - Sichuan
  73. Microlepia taiwaniana - Taiwan
  74. Microlepia tenella - Guangxi, Guizhou, Taiwan, Yunnan
  75. Microlepia todayensis - SE Asia, S China
  76. Microlepia trapeziformis - SE Asia, S China, India
  77. Microlepia trichocarpa - China, Nepal, Darjeeling
  78. Microlepia trichoclada - Yunnan
  79. Microlepia trichosora - Yunnan
  80. Microlepia tripinnata - Yunnan
  81. Microlepia villosa - Nepal
  82. Microlepia wentongensis - Guangdong
  83. Microlepia yunnanensis - Yunnan

References

  1. lectotype designated by J. Smith, Hist. Filicum 260 (1875).
  2. 1 2 3 Tropicos, Microlepia C. Presl
  3. Presl, Carl Bořivoj. 1836. Tentamen Pteridographiae 124–125, pl. 4, f. 21–23
  4. Flora of China Vol. 2-3 Page 158 鳞盖蕨属 lin gai jue shu Microlepia C. Presl
  5. Smith, A. R., K. M. Pryer, E. Schuettpelz, P. Korall, H. Schneider & P. Wolff. 2006. A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55(3): 705–731
  6. The Plant List, search for Microlepia
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