171.500 Melpomene A.R. Sm. & R.C. Moran
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Description of the genus
Plants epiphytic or lithophytic. Rhizome short- or long-creeping. Fronds shortly or widely spaced. Lamina narrowly linear in outline, pinnatifid; venation free, simple or forked. sori elliptic at the veins ends. Worldwide: c. 20 species mainly in the neotropics with one extending to Africa. Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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