Characteristics
Pteridophytes
Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.)E.G.Andrews & Windham
TROPICAL RESURRECTION FERN
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This Caribbean basin taxon is similar to Pleopeltis michauxiana but differs by having scales on the adaxial blade surface (Weatherby 1939; Sprunt 2010; Sprunt et al. 2011). In Florida, it is thus far known from but one population on Key Largo.
Native
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Classification
POLYPODIALES
Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.)E.G.Andrews & Windham - TROPICAL RESURRECTION FERN
Citation
PLEOPELTIS POLYPODIOIDES (Linnaeus) E. G. Andrews & Windham, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 19: 46. 1993.
Acrostichum polypodioides Linnaeus 1753.
Without data (lectotype: Plukenet, Phytographia t. 289(1) 1694). Lectotypified by Verdcourt, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Polypodiaceae 31. 2001.
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
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Specimens and Distribution
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