Contains 9 genera and 18 accepted taxa overall.
This family is completely databased for all specimens.
Characteristics
POLYPODIACEAE
Ferns and Allies
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Classification
POLYPODIALES
POLYPODIACEAE
Genera
| Genus | Common Name | Taxa Count | Herbarium Specimens | Photos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campyloneurum | STRAP FERN | 3 | ||
| Drynaria | BASKET FERN | 1 | ||
| Microgramma | VINE FERN | 2 | ||
| Microsorum | 2 | |||
| Pecluma | ROCKCAP FERN | 3 | ||
| Phlebodium | GOLDEN POLYPODY | 1 | ||
| Platycerium | STAGHORN FERN | 1 | ||
| Pleopeltis | MOCK POLYPODY | 4 | ||
| Serpocaulon | 1 |
Identification Key
1. Plant base with sterile shield or nest leaves which become brown and persistent
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1. Plant base without shield or nest leaves
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2. Fertile leaves pinnately lobed
2. Fertile leaves distally lobed
3. Leaves simple
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3. Leaves pinnately lobed or divided or 1-pinnate
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4. Leaf blade underside with scales
4. Leaf blade underside glabrous or glabrate
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5. Sporangia in marginal bands
5. Sporangia in discrete rounded sori
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6. Leaves densely clustered, nearly cespitose on short-creeping stem
6. Leaves well separated, along a long-creeping stem
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7. Leaf blade apex rounded to obtuse
7. Leaf blade apex acute to long-acuminate
8. Leaves 1-pinnate, the rachis naked between the pinnae
8. Leaves pinnately deeply lobed or divided
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9. Leaf blade segments 1-7 mm wide, the lower surface glabrate or with scales
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9. Leaf blade segments 15-60 mm wide, the lower surface glabrous or glabrate
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10. Leaf blade lower surface glabrate or sparsely covered in basifixed scales; segments in 5-20 pairs per leaf
10. Leaf blade lower surface densely covered in peltate scales; segments in 20-50 pairs per leaf
11. Stem sparsely to moderately covered with appressed to spreading scales; leaf blade cuneate or acute at base, sori not apparent from the upper surface
11. Stem densely villous with reddish or orangish scales; leaf blade truncate to cordate at base, sori often visibly apparent and forming tubercles on the upper surface