''Pleopeltis'' is a genus of

fern The ferns (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta) are a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. They differ from mosses by being vascular, i.e., having specialized tissue ...

s in the family

Polypodiaceae Polypodiaceae is a Family (biology), family of ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the family includes around 65 genus, genera and an estimated 1,650 species and is placed in the order Polypodiales, suborder ...

, subfamily

Polypodioideae Polypodioideae is a subfamily belonging to the fern family Polypodiaceae, which is a member of the suborder Polypodiineae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Alternatively, the subfamily may be treated as the ...

, according to the

Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group (PPG) is an informal international group of systematic botanists who collaborate to establish on the classification of pteridophytes ( lycophytes and ferns) that reflects knowledge about plant relationships discove ...

classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus widely distributed in tropical regions of the world, and also north into temperate regions in eastern

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...

and eastern

Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

.Ferns of the World
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Polypodium ''Polypodium'' is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Polypodioideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus is widely distributed throughout the world, with the highest ...

''. 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 An epiphyte is a plant or plant-like organism that grows on the surface of another plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. The plants on which epiphyt ...

, epipetric (growing on rocks), or rarely

terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth, as opposed to extraterrestrial. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on o ...

ferns, with a creeping, densely hairy or scaly

rhizome In botany and dendrology, a rhizome ( ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and Shoot (botany), shoots from its Node (botany), nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from ...

bearing

frond A frond is a large, divided leaf. In both common usage and botanical nomenclature, the leaves of ferns are referred to as fronds and some botanists restrict the term to this group. Other botanists allow the term frond to also apply to the lar ...

s 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 A sporangium (from Late Latin, ; : sporangia) is an enclosure in which spores are formed. It can be composed of a unicellular organism, single cell or can be multicellular organism, multicellular. Virtually all plants, fungus, fungi, and many ot ...

) are borne on the back of the frond.

Species

, ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' accepted the following species and hybrids: *'' Pleopeltis acicularis'' (Weath.) A.R.Sm. & T.Krömer *'' Pleopeltis alansmithii'' (R.C.Moran) A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis alborufula'' (Brade) Salino *'' Pleopeltis angusta'' Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. *'' Pleopeltis appressa'' M.Kessler & A.R.Sm. * ''Pleopeltis'' × ''aspidiolepis'' (Baker) A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis astrolepis'' (Liebm.) E.Fourn. *'' Pleopeltis aturensis'' (Maury) A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis balaonensis'' (Hieron.) A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis ballivianii'' (Rosenst.) A.R.Sm. * ''Pleopeltis'' × ''bartlettii'' (Weath.) A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis bombycina'' (Maxon) A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis bradei'' (de la Sota) Salino *'' Pleopeltis bradeorum'' (Rosenst.) A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis buchtienii'' (Christ & Rosenst.) A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis burchellii'' (Baker) Hickey & Sprunt ex A.R.Sm. * ''Pleopeltis'' × ''cerro-altoensis'' Danton & Boudrie *'' Pleopeltis christensenii'' A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis coenosora'' R.C.Moran *'' Pleopeltis collinsii'' (Maxon) A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis complanata'' (Weath.) E.A.Hooper *'' Pleopeltis constricta'' Sprunt & Hickey *'' Pleopeltis conzattii'' (Weath.) R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon *'' Pleopeltis crassinervata'' (Fée) T.Moore *'' Pleopeltis cryptocarpa'' (Fée) A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis desvauxii'' (Klotzsch) Salino *'' Pleopeltis disjuncta'' M.Kessler & A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis ecklonii'' (Kunze) A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis fallacissima'' (Maxon) A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis fallax'' (Schltdl. & Cham.) Mickel & Beitel *'' Pleopeltis fayorum'' (R.C.Moran & B. Øllg.) A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis fimbriata'' (Maxon) A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis fossa'' Moore *'' Pleopeltis fraseri'' (Kuhn) A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis friedrichsthaliana'' (Kunze) A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis fructuosa'' (Maxon & Weath.) Lellinger *'' Pleopeltis furcata'' (L.) A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis furfuracea'' (Schltdl. & Cham.) A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis guttata'' (Maxon) E.G.Andrews & Windham *'' Pleopeltis gyroflexa'' (Christ) Schwartsb. (syn. ''P. repanda'') *'' Pleopeltis hirsutissima'' (Raddi) de la Sota *'' Pleopeltis hookeri'' A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis insularum'' (C.V.Morton) A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis intermedia'' M.Kessler & A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis lepidopteris'' (Langsd. & Fisch.) de la Sota *'' Pleopeltis lepidotricha'' (Fée) A.R.Sm. & Tejero * ''Pleopeltis'' × ''leucospora'' (Klotzsch) Moore *'' Pleopeltis lindeniana'' (Kunze) A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis macrocarpa'' (Bory ex Willd.) Kaulf. *'' Pleopeltis macrolepis'' (Maxon) A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis madrensis'' (J.Sm.) A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis marginata'' A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis masafuerae'' (Phil.) de la Sota *'' Pleopeltis megalolepis'' (Maxon & C.V.Morton) A.R.Sm. * ''Pleopeltis'' × ''melanoneura'' Mickel & Beitel *'' Pleopeltis mexicana'' (Fée) Mickel & Beitel *'' Pleopeltis michauxiana'' (Weath.) Hickey & Sprunt *'' Pleopeltis microgrammoides'' (Mickel & A.R.Sm.) A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis minarum'' (Weath.) Salino *'' Pleopeltis minima'' (Bory) J.Prado & R.Y.Hirai *'' Pleopeltis monoides'' (Weath.) Salino *'' Pleopeltis monosora'' (Desv.) A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis montigena'' (Maxon) A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis munchii'' (Christ) A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis murorum'' (Hook.) A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis myriolepis'' (Christ) A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis nicklesii'' (Tardieu) Alston *'' Pleopeltis oreophila'' Sundue *'' Pleopeltis orientalis'' Sundue *'' Pleopeltis panamensis'' (Weath.) Pic. Serm. *'' Pleopeltis pinnatifida'' Gill. * ''Pleopeltis'' × ''pinnatisecta'' (Brade) A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis platylepis'' (Mett. ex Kuhn) A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis plebeia'' (Schltdl. & Cham.) A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis pleopeltidis'' (Fée) de la Sota *'' Pleopeltis pleopeltifolia'' (Raddi) Alston *'' Pleopeltis polylepis'' (Roem. ex Kunze) T.Moore *''

Pleopeltis polypodioides ''Pleopeltis polypodioides'', common name resurrection fern, is a species of creeping, coarse-textured fern native to the Americas and Africa. Description The evergreen fronds of ''Pleopeltis polypodioides'' are 25 cm high by 5 cm wid ...

'' (L.) E.G.Andrews & Windham *'' Pleopeltis pycnocarpa'' (C.Chr.) A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis pyrrholepis'' (Fée) A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis remota'' (Desv.) A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis riograndensis'' (T.Wendt) E.G.Andrews & Windham *'' Pleopeltis rosei'' (Maxon) A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis rzedowskiana'' (Mickel) A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis sanctae-rosae'' (Maxon) A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis segregata'' (Baker) A.R.Sm. * ''Pleopeltis'' × ''simiana'' (Schelpe & N.C.Anthony) N.R.Crouch & Klopper * ''Pleopeltis'' × ''sordidula'' (Maxon & Weath.) Mickel & Beitel *'' Pleopeltis squamata'' (L.) J.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis steirolepis'' (C.Chr.) A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis stolzei'' A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis subnuda'' (C.Chr.) A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis subvestita'' (Maxon) A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis thyssanolepis'' (A.Braun ex Klotzsch) E.G.Andrews & Windham *'' Pleopeltis tico'' (A.Rojas) A.R.Sm. * ''Pleopeltis'' × ''tricholepis'' (Mickel & Beitel) A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis tridens'' J.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis trindadensis'' (Brade) Salino *'' Pleopeltis tweedieana'' (Hook.) A.R.Sm. *'' Pleopeltis villagranii'' (Copel.) A.R.Sm. & Tejero *'' Pleopeltis wiesbaurii'' (Sodiro) Lellinger *'' Pleopeltis xantholepis'' (Harr.) A.R.Sm.

References

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