Cyclodium meniscioides

Cyclodium meniscioides is a fern in the family Dryopteridaceae.

Cyclodium meniscioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
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

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