Pleopeltis

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Genus of ferns

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::summary Genus of ferns ::

| image = GreenPolypods.jpg | image_caption = Pleopeltis polypodioides growing on a tree branch | taxon = Pleopeltis | authority = Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. | synonyms = |Ampelopteris|Klotzsch |Cheilogramma|Maxon |Chilogramme|Blume |Cuspidaria|Fée |Dicranoglossum|J.Sm. |Eschatogramme|Trevis. |Heteropteris|Diels, nom. superfl. |Heteropteris|Fée |Lepicystis|(J.Sm.) J.Sm. |Marginaria|Bory |Marginariopsis|C.Chr. |Microphlebodium|L.D.Gómez |Neurodium|Fée |Paltomium|C.Presl, nom. superfl. |× Pleopodium|Schelpe & N.C.Anthony |Pseudocolysis|L.D.Gómez | synonyms_ref = | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text.

Pleopeltis is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Polypodioideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Several species are known by the common name scaly polypody and resurrection fern.

The genus is closely related to Polypodium. Many of the species have been or sometimes are still included in that genus. Further changes in the circumscription of the genus may occur as research continues.

They are epiphytic, epipetric (growing on rocks), or rarely terrestrial ferns, with a creeping, densely hairy or scaly rhizome bearing fronds at intervals along its length. The fronds are evergreen, persisting for 1–2 years, and are entire or deeply pinnatifid. The sori or groups of spore-cases (sporangia) are borne on the back of the frond.

Species

, Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following species and hybrids:

Gallery

File:Pleopeltis angusta.jpg|Pleopeltis angusta at the UC Botanical Garden. File:Pleopeltis bombycina cropped.jpg|Pleopeltis bombycina. File:Pleopeltis murorum cropped.jpg|Pleopeltis murorum. File:Pleopeltis polylepis.jpg|Pleopeltis polylepis. File:Pleopeltis pinnatifida.JPG|Pleopeltis pinnatifida.

References

References

  1. link. (2008-10-17)
  2. Flora of North America: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=126431 ''Pleopeltis'']
  3. Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?9571 ''Pleopeltis'']
  4. {{PLANTS
  5. (January 2020). "Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World".
  6. PPG I. (2016). "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns". Journal of Systematics and Evolution.

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