{{Short description|Genus of ferns}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Mildella fallax.jpg |image_caption = ''Mildella fallax'' |taxon = Mildella |authority = Trevis.<ref name=PPGI/> |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text. }}
'''''Mildella''''' is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Cheilanthoideae of the family Pteridaceae.<ref name=PPGI/> Species are native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.<ref name=CFLW/>
==Species== The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) placed seven species in the genus, although recognizing that the genus was then not monophyletic, since the New and Old World species belonged in different clades.<ref name=PPGI/> {{As of|2019|December}}, the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' placed only two New World species in the genus:<ref name=CFLW/> *''Mildella fallax'' <small>(M.Martens & Galeotti) G.L.Nesom</small> *''Mildella intramarginalis'' <small>(Kaulf. ex Link) Trevis.</small>
The ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' placed former ''Mildella'' species in the genus ''Oeosporangium'': *''Mildella henryi'' <small>(Christ) C.C.Hall & Lellinger</small> = ''Oeosporangium nitidulum'' *''Mildella mairei'' <small>(Brause) C.C.Hall & Lellinger</small> = ''Oeosporangium mairei'' *''Mildella nitidula'' <small>(Wall. ex Hook.) C.C. Hall & Lellinger</small> = ''Oeosporangium nitidulum'' *''Mildella paupercula'' <small>(Christ) C.C.Hall & Lellinger</small> = ''Oeosporangium pauperculum'' *''Mildella smithii'' <small>(C.Chr.) C.C.Hall & Lellinger</small> = ''Oeosporangium smithii'' *''Mildella straminea'' <small>(Ching) C.C.Hall & Lellinger</small> = ''Oeosporangium stramineum''
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=CFLW>{{Citation |last1=Hassler |first1=Michael |last2=Schmitt |first2=Bernd |date=November 2019 |contribution=Mildella |title=Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World |at=8.11 |url=https://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/ |accessdate=2019-12-31 |name-list-style=amp }}</ref>
<ref name=PPGI>{{Citation |author=PPG I |year=2016 |title=A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns |journal=Journal of Systematics and Evolution |volume=54 |issue=6 |pages=563–603 |doi=10.1111/jse.12229|s2cid=39980610 |doi-access=free }}</ref> }}
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Category:Pteridaceae Category:Fern genera Category:Taxa named by Vittore Benedetto Antonio Trevisan de Saint-Léon
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