Pleopeltis is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Polypodioideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group 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 and eastern Asia.Ferns of the World: Pleopeltis Flora of North America: PleopeltisGermplasm Resources Information Network: Pleopeltis 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:
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 (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.
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