Pleopeltis polypodioides

Pleopeltis polypodioides
Pleopeltis polypodioides on an oak limb after a brief rain
Fronds on the same limb in desiccated state

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Pleopeltis
Species:
P. polypodioides
Binomial name
Pleopeltis polypodioides
(L.) E.G.Andrews & Windham
Varieties
  • Pleopeltis polypodioides var. knoblochiana (Mickel) A.R.Sm. & Tejero
Synonyms
Species
  • Acrostichum ferrugineum L.
  • Acrostichum ferruginosum L.
  • Acrostichum polypodioides L.
  • Candollea polypodioides (L.) Mirb.
  • Goniophlebium ceteraccinum (Michx.) Fée
  • Goniophlebium incanum (Sw.) J.Sm.
  • Lepicystis incana (Sw.) J.Sm.
  • Marginaria ceteraccina (Michx.) Bory
  • Marginaria incana (Sw.) C.Presl
  • Marginaria polypodioides (L.) Tidestr.
  • Pleopeltis incana (Sw.) Wall.
  • Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) Watt.
  • Polypodium albidum C.Presl
  • Polypodium ceteraccinum Michx.
  • Polypodium chrysoconion Spreng.
  • Polypodium incanoides Fée
  • Polypodium incanum Sw.
  • Polypodium incanum var. oblongum E.Fourn.
  • Polypodium mesetae Christ
  • Polypodium polypodioides (L.) Hitchc.
  • Polypodium velatum Schkuhr
P. p. var. knoblochiana
  • Polypodium polypodioides var. knoblochianum Mickel

Pleopeltis polypodioides, common name resurrection fern, is a species of creeping, coarse-textured fern native to the Americas and Africa.