Cyclodium meniscioides

Cyclodium meniscioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Polypodiineae
Family:	Dryopteridaceae
Genus:	Cyclodium
Species:	C. meniscioides
Binomial name
Cyclodium meniscioides (Willd.) C. Presl [1][2][3]
Synonyms[3]
Aspidium meniscioides Willd. Dryopteris meniscioides (Willd.) Kuntze Nephrodium meniscioides (Willd.) J.Sm. Stigmatopteris meniscioides (Willd.) K.U.Kramer

Cyclodium meniscioides is a fern in the family Dryopteridaceae.

The fern is native to northern and western South America, including in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, central Peru; and on the Guiana Shield in French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.[4]

Varieties

Varieties include:[5]

• Cyclodium meniscioides var. meniscioides
• Cyclodium meniscioides var. paludosum (C.V. Morton) A.R. Sm.[2]
• Cyclodium meniscioides var. rigidissimum (C. Chr.) A.R. Sm.[2]

References

1. International Plant Names Index−IPNI.org: Plant Name Details for Cyclodium meniscioides
2. The Plant Lis.org: Cyclodium meniscioides (Willd.) C. Presl
3. Tropicos.org: Name — Cyclodium meniscioides (Willd.) C. Presl; Published In: Tentamen Pteridographiae 85. 1836.
4. Tropicos.org: Distribution
5. Tropicos.org: Subordinate taxa