Pleopeltis
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Pleopeltis

fern
scaly polypody

Hierarchical position of the Genus Pleopeltis

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Polypodiophyta Cronquist
syn. Filicinophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966.
common name: ferns
  
   Subdivisio  Polypodiophytina Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
  
   Classis  Polypodiopsida Cronquist
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966.
  
   Subclassis  Polypodiidae Cronquist
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966.
  
   Ordo  Polypodiales Mett. ex A.B. Frank in Leunis
pub. Syn. Pflanzenk., ed. 2, 3: 1453, 1458. 1877.
  
   Subordo  Polypodiineae Bessey
pub. Bot. High Schools: 377. Mai-Sep 1880.
  
   Familia  Polypodiaceae Bercht. & J. Presl
pub. Prir. Rostlin: 272. 1820.
common name: Common Ferns
  
   Genus  Pleopeltis Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
common name: scaly polypody

Named members of the Genus Pleopeltis

1
   Species  astrolepis (Liebm.) Fourn.
common name: starscale fern
2
   Species  erythrolepis (Weatherby) Pichi Sermolli
syn. Pleopeltis polylepis var. erythrolepis
3
   Species  linearis (Thunb.) Moore
syn. Lepisorus thunbergianus
4
   Species  polylepis (Roemer ex Kunze) Moore
 
5
   Varietas  erythrolepis (Weatherby) T. Wendt
common name: redscale scaly polypody
6
   Species  polypodioides (L.) Andrews & Windham
 
7
   Subspecies  michauxiana (Weatherby) Andrews & Windham
common name: resurrection fern
8
   Subspecies  polypodioides
common name: resurrection fern
9
   Species  revoluta (Spreng. ex Willd.) A.R. Sm., non Alderw
syn. Pleopeltis astrolepis
10
   Species  riograndensis (T. Wendt) Andrews & Windham
common name: Rio Grande scaly polypody
11
   Species  squamata (L.) J. Sm.
common name: thickleaf scaly polypody
12
   Species  thunbergiana Kaulfuss
syn. Lepisorus thunbergianus
13
   Species  thyssanolepis (A. Braun ex Klotzsch) Andrews & Windham
common name: Arizona scaly polypody

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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