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Melpomene
Melpomene is a genus of small epiphytic and rock-dwelling ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, native to tropical America and Africa. Grown members are small, tufted ferns that need humid conditions, bright shade and fast-draining, airy growing media.
Melpomene is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Grammitidoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).
It is native to the Neotropical realm in the Americas and Africa.
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