Microgramma squamulosa(Kaulf.) de la Sota

WFO wfo-0001115159 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Microgramma squamulosa, photographed by Florencia Grattarola
fig. a Florencia Grattarola, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-21 / obs. 199470979
Microgramma squamulosa, photographed by Magdalena Carabio Foti
fig. b Magdalena Carabio Foti, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199475929
Microgramma squamulosa, photographed by Lucía Bergós
fig. c Lucía Bergós, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199481747
Microgramma squamulosa, photographed by Nico Fernandez-Sauleda
fig. d Nico Fernandez-Sauleda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196056345
Microgramma squamulosa, photographed by Benjamin Bender
fig. e Benjamin Bender, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170573397
Microgramma squamulosa, photographed by Kahio Tiberio Mazon
fig. f Kahio Tiberio Mazon, CC0 1.0 / obs. 163979959
Microgramma squamulosa, photographed by Romi Galeota Lencina
fig. g Romi Galeota Lencina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163154670
Microgramma squamulosa, photographed by lcsvoj
fig. h lcsvoj, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 156897746

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Microgramma squamulosa is native: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralParaguayPeruUruguay
Native distribution of Microgramma squamulosa, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Bolivia BOL
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Uruguay URU

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 10 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Anapeltis squamulosa J.Sm.
  • Craspedaria grandis Fée
  • Craspedaria squamulosa (Kaulf.) Pic.Serm.
  • Marginaria squamulosa (Kaulf.) Herter
  • Phlebodium squamulosum (Kaulf.) J.Sm.
  • Pleopeltis squamulosa C.Presl
  • Polypodium lycopodioides var. grande Christ
  • Polypodium lycopodioides var. squamulosum (Kaulf.) Baker
  • Polypodium squamulosum Kaulf.
  • Polypodium squamulosum f. subnudum Rosenst.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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