# Mildella

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mildella
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mildella.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildella
> Source revision: 1169946838
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Short description|Genus of ferns}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Mildella fallax.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Mildella fallax](/source/Mildella_fallax)''
|taxon = Mildella
|authority = Trevis.<ref name=PPGI/>
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See text.
}}

'''''Mildella''''' is a genus of [fern](/source/fern)s in the subfamily [Cheilanthoideae](/source/Cheilanthoideae) of the family [Pteridaceae](/source/Pteridaceae).<ref name=PPGI/> Species are native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.<ref name=CFLW/>

==Species==
The [Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group](/source/Pteridophyte_Phylogeny_Group) classification of 2016 (PPG I) placed seven species in the genus, although recognizing that the genus was then not [monophyletic](/source/Monophyly), since the [New](/source/New_World) and [Old World](/source/Old_World) species belonged in different [clade](/source/clade)s.<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](/source/Mildella_fallax)'' <small>(M.Martens & Galeotti) G.L.Nesom</small>
*''[Mildella intramarginalis](/source/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](/source/Oeosporangium)'':
*''Mildella henryi'' <small>(Christ) C.C.Hall & Lellinger</small> = ''[Oeosporangium nitidulum](/source/Oeosporangium_nitidulum)''
*''Mildella mairei'' <small>(Brause) C.C.Hall & Lellinger</small> = ''[Oeosporangium mairei](/source/Oeosporangium_mairei)''
*''Mildella nitidula'' <small>(Wall. ex Hook.) C.C. Hall & Lellinger</small> = ''[Oeosporangium nitidulum](/source/Oeosporangium_nitidulum)''
*''Mildella paupercula'' <small>(Christ) C.C.Hall & Lellinger</small> = ''[Oeosporangium pauperculum](/source/Oeosporangium_pauperculum)''
*''Mildella smithii'' <small>(C.Chr.) C.C.Hall & Lellinger</small> = ''[Oeosporangium smithii](/source/Oeosporangium_smithii)''
*''Mildella straminea'' <small>(Ching) C.C.Hall & Lellinger</small> = ''[Oeosporangium stramineum](/source/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>
}}

{{Taxonbar|from=Q6016320}}

Category:Pteridaceae
Category:Fern genera
Category:Taxa named by Vittore Benedetto Antonio Trevisan de Saint-Léon

{{Pteridaceae-stub}}

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mildella](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildella) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildella?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.