Pleopeltis

Contains 4 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Pleopeltis Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
POLYPODIACEAE
MOCK POLYPODY
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Classification
POLYPODIALES
Pleopeltis
Citation
PLEOPELTIS Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 5: 211. 1810.
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TYPE: Pleopeltis angusta Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Pleopeltis astrolepis STAR-SCALE POLYPODY; STAR-SCALED FERN Native Endangered-State
Pleopeltis marginata RIBBON FERN Native Endangered-State
Pleopeltis michauxiana RESURRECTION FERN Native FAC (NWPL)
Pleopeltis polypodioides TROPICAL RESURRECTION FERN Native
[Family identification key]
1.  Leaf blade unlobed
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1.  Leaf blade pinnately lobed
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2.  Leaf blade with peltate scales on the underside; sporangia in discrete, round to oblong or slightly elongate sori on abaxial surface, not in marginal bands
P. astrolepis
2.  Leaf blade glabrous; sporangia confined to marginal or nearly marginal bands in distal 1/2 of blade
P. marginata
3.  Glands inconspicuous, on the proximal acroscopic side of the basal pinnae; adaxial scales absent or essentially so; abaxial laminar scales margins undulate, entire, orbicular scales present and readily visible; abaxial rachis scale margins entire
P. michauxiana
3.  Glands conspicuous, round to elliptic, rather swollen with a central depression, on a small auricle within the sinus near the acroscopic side of the basal pinna segments; adaxial scales scattered, subulate, 0.52-1.50 mm long, 0.15-0.70 mm wide, base pectinate-stellate, apex long caudate, margin weakly erose; abaxial laminar scale margins ciliate, orbicular scales present, not readily visible; abaxial rachis scale margins ciliate
P. polypodioides
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Cheilogramme Cheilogramme (Blume) Underwood, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 6: 274, 277. 1899. BASIONYM: Antrophyum Kaulfuss, sect. Cheilogramme Blume, in Blume & J. B. Fischer, Fl. Javae, Filic. 70. 1829. TYPE: Cheilogramme lanceolata (Linnaeus) Underwood 1900. (Pteris lanceolata Linnaeus 1753.) = Neurodium Fée 1850.
Cuspidaria Cuspidaria Fée, Mém Soc. Mus. Hist. Nat. Strasbourg 4: 201. 1850, non de Candolle 1838. TYPE: Cuspidaria furcata (Linnaeus) Fée 1852. (Pteris furcata Linnaeus 1753.) Typified by J. Smith, Hist. Filic. 120. 1875.
Dicranoglossum Dicranoglossum J. Smith, in Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald 232. 1854. TYPE: Dicranoglossum furcatum (Linnaeus) J. Smith 1854. (Pteris furcata Linnaeus 1753.) Substitute name for Cuspidaria Fée 1851, non de Candolle 1838.
Heteropteris Heteropteris Diels, in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1(4): 305. 1899, non Kunth 1822, nec Fée 1869. TYPE: = Neurodium Fée 1850.
Lepicystis Lepicystis (J. Smith) J. Smith, in Bentham, London J. Bot. 1; 195. 1842. BASIONYM: Goniophlebium (Blume) C. Presl, sect. Lepicystis J. Smith, J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 56. 1841. TYPE: Lepicystis incana (Swartz) J. Smith 1842. (Polypodium incanum Swartz 1788.) Typified by J. Smith, Hist. Filic. 112. 1875.
Marginaria Marginaria Bory, in Cuvier, Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 6: 587. 1824. TYPE: Marginaria polypodioides (Linnaeus) Tidestrom 1905. (Acrostichum polypodioides Linnaeus 1753.) Typified by C. Christensen, Index Filic. L. 1906; Pichi Sermolli, Webbia 31: 247. 1977.
Marginariopsis Marginariopsis C. Christensen, Dansk Bot. Ark. 6(3): 42. 1929. TYPE: Marginariopsis wiesbaurii (Sodiro) C. Christensen 1929. (Drymoglossum wiesbaurii Sodiro 1893.)
Microphlebodium Microphlebodium L. D. Gómez, Phytologia 59: 58. 1985. TYPE: Microphlebodium munchii (Christ) L. D. Gómez 1985. (Polypodium munchii Christ 1903.)
Neurodium Neurodium Fée, Mem. Soc. Mus. Hist. Nat. Strasbourg 4: 201. 1850, as "Nevrodium" . TYPE: Neurodium lanceolatum (Linnaeus) Fée 1852. (Pteris lanceolata Linnaeus 1753.)
Paltonium Paltonium C. Presl, Epimel. Bot. 156. 1851 ("1849"); Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5. 6: 516. 1851. TYPE: Paltonium lanceolatum (Linnaeus) C. Presl 1851. (Pteris lanceolata Linnaeus 1753.) = Neurodium Fée 1850.
Pseudocolysis Pseidocolysis L. D. Gómez, Brenesia 10-11: 116. 1977. TYPE: Pseudocolysis bradeorum (Rosenstock) L. D. Gómez 1977. (Polypodium bradeorum Rosenstock 1912.)
X Pleopodium X Pleopodium Schelpe & N. C. Anthony, Bothalia 15: 557. 1985. TYPE: X Pleopodium Simianum Schelpe & N. C. Anthony 1985 (Pleopeltis macrocarpa (Bory ex Willdenow) Kaulfuss X Polypodium polypodioides (Linnaeus) Watt, subsp. ecklonii (Kunze) Schelpe).