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GBIF·2650730speciesPlantae7,764 occurrence records
  1. kingdomPlantae
  2. ›phylumTracheophyta
  3. ›classPolypodiopsida
  4. ›orderPolypodiales
  5. ›familyDennstaedtiaceae
  6. ›genusMicrolepia
Microlepia speluncae
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IUCN NE · Not evaluated

Limpleaf Fern

Microlepia speluncae (L.) T.Moore

Also calledMicrolépie des grottes (fra) · grottbräken (swe) · grotvaring (afr) · Микролепия пещерная (rus) · オオイシカグマ (jpn) · 热带鳞毛蕨 (zho) · 熱帶鱗蓋蕨 (zho) · ウスバオオイシカグマ (jpn) · ヤエヤマカグマ (jpn)

First described in: Moore, T. (1857). In: Index Filic. (T. Moore) 93.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

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Note — Kornaś & Nowak (1991) claim this species as a new record for the Flora of Rwanda, overlooked the above citation.

Checklist of Lycopodiopsida (clubmosses and quillworts) and Polypodiopsida (ferns) of Rwanda

Microlepia speluncae

Microlepia speluncae (L.) T.Moore, Index Fil.: 93 1857 ≡ Polypodium speluncae L., Sp. Pl.: 1093. 1753.

Phylogenetic revision of Dennstaedtioideae (Dennstaedtiaceae: Polypodiales) with description of Mucura, gen. nov.

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Lectotype (Sledge in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 84: 25. 1982): Herb. Hermann 3: 41, No. 384 (BM- 000621951).

Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part P)

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2650730.