Characteristics
Pteridophytes
Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.)E.G.Andrews & Windham
TROPICAL RESURRECTION FERN
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This Caribbean basin taxon is similar to Pleopeltis michauxiana but differs by having scales on the adaxial blade surface (Weatherby 1939; Sprunt 2010; Sprunt et al. 2011). In Florida, it is thus far known from but one population on Key Largo.
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Classification
POLYPODIALES
Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.)E.G.Andrews & Windham - TROPICAL RESURRECTION FERN
Citation
PLEOPELTIS POLYPODIOIDES (Linnaeus) E. G. Andrews & Windham, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 19: 46. 1993.
Acrostichum polypodioides Linnaeus 1753.
Without data (lectotype: Plukenet, Phytographia t. 289(1) 1694). Lectotypified by Verdcourt, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Polypodiaceae 31. 2001.
Species Distribution Map
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Synonyms
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Acrostichum ferrugineum
Acrostichum ferrugineum Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 686. 1767, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Acrostichum ferruginosum Linnaeus 1763.
Acrostichum ferruginosum
Acrostichum ferruginosum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1525. 1763.
TYPE: Without data (lectotype: Plukenet, Phytographia t. 89(9). 1691). Lectotypified by Reveal, in C. E. Jarvis, Order Out of Chaos 259. 2007.
Acrostichum polypodioides
Acrostichum polypodioides Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1068. 1753.
TYPE: Without data (lectotype: Plukenet, Phytographia t. 289(1). 1694). Lectotypified by Verdcourt, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Polypodiaceae 31. 2001.
Marginaria polypodioides
Marginaria polypodioides (Linnaeus) Tidestrom, Torreya 5: 171. 1905.
BASIONYM: Acrostichum polypodioides Linnaeus 1753.
Pleopeltis polypodioides var. burchellii
Pleopeltis polypodioides (Linnaeus) E. G. Andrews & Windham, var. burchellii (Baker) A. R. Smith, Candollea 60: 281. 2005.
BASIONYM: Polypodium incanum Swartz, var. burchellii Baker 1870.
Polypodium ceteraccinum
Polypodium ceteraccinum Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 271. 1803, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Acrostichum polypodioides Linnaeus 1753.
Polypodium chrysoconion
Polypodium chrysoconion Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 4(1): 51. 1827.
Polypodium incanum
Polypodium incanum Swartz, Prodr. 131. 1788, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Acrostichum polypodioides Linnaeus 1753.
Polypodium incanum var. burchellii
Polypodium incanum Swartz, var. burchellii Baker, in Martius, Fl. Bras. 1(2): 526. 1870.
TYPE: BRAZIL: Goias: Without data, Burchell 6998 (holotype: K; isotype: GH).
Polypodium polypodioides
Polypodium polypodioides (Linnaeus) Watt, Canad. Naturalist Geol., ser. 2. 3(2): 158. 1866 ("1867").
BASIONYM: Acrostichum polypodioides Linnaeus 1753.
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