Microgramma megalophylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Microgramma
Species:
M. megalophylla
Binomial name
Microgramma megalophylla
(Desv.) de la Sota
Synonyms
  • Anapeltis megalophylla (Desv.) Pic.Serm.
  • Polypodium megalophyllum Desv.
  • Phymatodes schomburgkiana J.Sm.
  • Drynaria schomburgkiana Fée
  • Mecosorus schomburgkii Klotzsch
  • Pleopeltis schomburgkiana T.Moore
  • Polypodium schomburgkianum Kunze
  • Polypodium schomburgkii
  • Hook.

Microgramma megalophylla is a species of epiphytic fern, native to tropical South America.[1] It is a myrmecophyte, producing domatia in its rhizome which ants live.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Microgramma megalophylla (Desv.) de la Sota | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  2. ↑ Almeida, Thaís Elias (April 2018). "Ant-Fern Association in Microgramma megalophylla". American Fern Journal. 108 (2): 62–64. doi:10.1640/0002-8444-108.2.62. ISSN 0002-8444.


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