Microlepia

Genus of ferns

Microlepia

Microlepia strigosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Division:  | Polypodiophyta
Class:  | Polypodiopsida
Order:  | Polypodiales
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]

* Microlepia ampla \- Hainan
* Microlepia angustipinna \- Yunnan
* Microlepia aspidioides
* Microlepia attenuata \- Fujian
* Microlepia calvescens \- China, India, Vietnam
* Microlepia caudifolia \- Yunnan
* Microlepia caudiformis \- Yunnan
* Microlepia caudipinnata \- Guangdong
* Microlepia chingii \- Hainan
* Microlepia chrysocarpa \- Chongqing, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan
* Microlepia communis \- Yunnan
* Microlepia crassa \- Yunnan
* Microlepia crenata \- Yunnan
* Microlepia crenatoserrata \- Yunnan
* Microlepia critica \- Guangxi
* Microlepia firma \- Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand
* Microlepia flaccida \- Australia
* Microlepia formosana \- Taiwan
* Microlepia fujianensis \- Fujian
* Microlepia ganlanbaensis \- Yunnan
* Microlepia gigantea \- Yunnan
* Microlepia glabra \- Sichuan
* Microlepia hainanensis \- Hainan
* Microlepia hancei \- China, Bhutan, India, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Nepal, Vietnam
* Microlepia herbacea \- Vietnam
* Microlepia hirsuta \- Luzon
* Microlepia hispida \- Yunnan, Vietnam
* Microlepia hookeriana \- China, Borneo, N India, Indonesia, Ryukyu Islands, Malaysia, Nepal, Vietnam
* Microlepia intermedia \- Guangxi
* Microlepia jamaicensis \- Cuba, Jamaica
* Microlepia japonica \- Japan
* Microlepia kansuensis \- Gansu
* Microlepia khasiyana \- India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, China
* Microlepia kurzii \- Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand
* Microlepia kwangtungensis \- Guangdong
* Microlepia lofoushanensis \- Guangdong
* Microlepia longipilosa \- Yunnan
* Microlepia madagascariensis \- Madagascar
* Microlepia marginalis \- India
* Microlepia marginata \- China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
* Microlepia matthewii \- Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Vietnam
* Microlepia medogensis \- Tibet
* Microlepia membranacea \- Guangdong, Hunan
* Microlepia modesta \- Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang
* Microlepia mollifolia \- Taiwan
* Microlepia neostrigosa \- Yunnan
* Microlepia obtusiloba \- Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Vietnam
* Microlepia omeiensis \- Sichuan
* Microlepia pallida \- Guangdong, Guangxi
* Microlepia paucipinnata \- Guangdong
* Microlepia phanerophlebia \- Vietnam
* Microlepia pilosissima \- Yunnan
* Microlepia pingpienensis \- Yunnan
* Microlepia pinnata \- SE Asia, India, Taiwan, New Guinea
* Microlepia platyphylla \- S China, Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Philippines
* Microlepia polypodioides \- Himalayas
* Microlepia pseudostrigosa \- Japan, Vietnam, China
* Microlepia puberula \- Thailand, Borneo
* Microlepia rhomboidea \- China, Himalayas, SE Asia
* Microlepia scabra \- Himalayas
* Microlepia scyphoformis \- Hainan
* Microlepia setosa \- Japan
* Microlepia singpienensis \- Yunnan
* Microlepia sinostrigosa \- Sichuan
* Microlepia speluncae \- SE Asia, S China, Indian Subcontinent, Australia, Africa, West Indies, Brazil, Polynesia--
* Microlepia straminea \- Yunnan
* Microlepia strigosa \- SE Asia, S China, Pacific Islands
* Microlepia subrhomboidea \- Yunnan
* Microlepia subspeluncae \- Yunnan
* Microlepia substrigosa \- Taiwan, Japan
* Microlepia subtrichosticha \- Hainan
* Microlepia szechuanica \- Sichuan
* Microlepia taiwaniana \- Taiwan
* Microlepia tenella \- Guangxi, Guizhou, Taiwan, Yunnan
* Microlepia todayensis \- SE Asia, S China
* Microlepia trapeziformis \- SE Asia, S China, India
* Microlepia trichocarpa \- China, Nepal, Darjeeling
* Microlepia trichoclada \- Yunnan
* Microlepia trichosora \- Yunnan
* Microlepia tripinnata \- Yunnan
* Microlepia villosa \- Nepal
* Microlepia wentongensis \- Guangdong
* Microlepia yunnanensis \- Yunnan

## References

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1. ^ lectotype designated by J. Smith, Hist. Filicum 260 (1875).
2. ^ a b c d 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

Taxon identifiers

Microlepia|

* Wikidata: Q17167613
* Wikispecies: Microlepia
* APDB: 192621
* APNI: 72499
* CoL: 5RWY
* EoL: 60848
* EPPO: 1MIEG
* FloraBase: 20904
* FNA: 120565
* FoAO2: Microlepia
* FoC: 120565
* GBIF: 2650724
* GRIN: 7581
* iNaturalist: 142358
* IPNI: 30049927-2
* IRMNG: 1307718
* ITIS: 17858
* NCBI: 32096
* NZOR: 7f7538a5-039c-41de-8188-438f717c97f0
* Open Tree of Life: 584087
* PLANTS: MICRO3
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30049927-2
* Tropicos: 40019020
* WFO: wfo-4000024129