| Pleopeltis polypodioides | 
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| Pleopeltis polypodioides on an oak limb after a brief rain | 
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| 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 | 
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| Varieties | 
| Pleopeltis polypodioides var. knoblochiana  (Mickel) A.R.Sm. & Tejero
 
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| 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
 
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Pleopeltis polypodioides, common name resurrection fern, is a species of creeping, coarse-textured fern native to the Americas and Africa.