Mickelia [SEP] parent taxon
Mickelia
Mickelia is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae. It is one of the six genera of bolbitidoid ferns and is sister to the very large genus "Elaphoglossum". It consists of 10 species. All are native to the neotropics.
Species.
- "Mickelia bernoulii"
- "Mickelia furcata"
- "Mickelia guianensis"
- "Mickelia hemiotis"
- "Mickelia lindigii"
- "Mickelia nicotianifolia"
- "Mickelia oligarchica"
- "Mickelia pergamentacea"
and rps4-trnS. "Mickelia" was named for the American pteridologist John Thomas Mickel, who contributed much regarding "Elaphoglossum", the closest relative of "Mickelia".
Six species of "Mickelia" had previously been in the genus "Bolbitis". "Mickelia pradoi" and "Mickelia furcata" were first described in the paper that established "Mickelia". "Mickelia scandens" was resurrected from "Mickelia guianensis", which had previously been in "Lomagramma" because of its venation pattern. These two had been treated