''Mildella'' is a genus of
fern
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s in the subfamily
Cheilanthoideae of the family
Pteridaceae
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.
[ Species are native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.][
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Species
The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group
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classification of 2016 (PPG I) placed seven species in the genus, although recognizing that the genus was then not monophyletic, since the New
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and Old World species belonged in different clades.[ , the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' placed only two New World species in the genus:][
*'' Mildella fallax'' (M.Martens & Galeotti) G.L.Nesom
*'' Mildella intramarginalis'' (Kaulf. ex Link) Trevis.
The ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' placed former ''Mildella'' species in the genus '' Oeosporangium'':
*''Mildella henryi'' (Christ) C.C.Hall & Lellinger = '' Oeosporangium nitidulum''
*''Mildella mairei'' (Brause) C.C.Hall & Lellinger = '' Oeosporangium mairei''
*''Mildella nitidula'' (Wall. ex Hook.) C.C. Hall & Lellinger = '' Oeosporangium nitidulum''
*''Mildella paupercula'' (Christ) C.C.Hall & Lellinger = '' Oeosporangium pauperculum''
*''Mildella smithii'' (C.Chr.) C.C.Hall & Lellinger = '' Oeosporangium smithii''
*''Mildella straminea'' (Ching) C.C.Hall & Lellinger = '' Oeosporangium stramineum''
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References
Pteridaceae
Fern genera
Taxa named by Vittore Benedetto Antonio Trevisan de Saint-Léon
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