PLANTS Profile for Pleopeltis (scaly polypody)

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PLANTS Profile

Pleopeltis Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
scaly polypody

Symbol:

PLEOP

Group:

Fern

Family:

Polypodiaceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Native Status:

None

More Information:

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Pleopeltis Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

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Distribution:
Pleopeltis Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, AZ, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NM, NY, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Pleopeltis Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

View 13 genera in Polypodiaceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Pleopeltis astrolepis (Liebm.) Fourn.. .

Pleopeltis astrolepis
starscale fern

Distribution of Pleopeltis polylepis (Roem. ex Kunze) T. Moore. .

Pleopeltis polylepis
redscale scaly polypody

Distribution of Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) Andrews & Windham. .

Pleopeltis polypodioides
resurrection fern

Distribution of Pleopeltis riograndensis (T. Wendt) Andrews & Windham. . Image Available.

Pleopeltis riograndensis
Rio Grande scaly polypody

Distribution of Pleopeltis squamata (L.) J. Sm.. .

Pleopeltis squamata
thickleaf scaly polypody

Distribution of Pleopeltis thyssanolepis (A. Braun ex Klotzsch) Andrews & Windham [excluded]. .

Pleopeltis thyssanolepis
Arizona scaly polypody

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Pleopeltis Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Polypodiaceae – Polypody family
Genus	Pleopeltis Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. – scaly polypody

More Accounts and Images:
Pleopeltis Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17669.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 11:40 AM CDT