Hypolepis (plant)

Hypolepis
Hypolepis glandulifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
Genus: Hypolepis
Bernh. [1] 1806, not Pers. 1807 (Rafflesiaceae) nor P.Beauv. ex T.Lestib. 1819 (syn of Ficinia in Cyperaceae) nor Nees 1829 (Poaceae)

Hypolepis (beadfern)[2] is a genus of ferns described as a genus in 1806.[3][4] The word is derived from Greek, meaning "under scale".[5] It is found in tropical and subtropical regions, primarily in the New World but also in the Old World and on various oceanic islands.[6][7]

  1. ^ International Plant Names Index. "Hypolepis". Retrieved 2009-11-12.
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Hyoplepis​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  3. ^ Bernhardi, Johann Jakob. 1806. Neues Journal für die Botanik 1(2): 34
  4. ^ Tropicos, Hypolepis Bernh.
  5. ^ Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 310
  6. ^ Flora of China Vol. 2-3 Page 152 姬蕨属 ji jue shu Hypolepis Bernhardi
  7. ^ Flora of North America Vol. 2 Bramble ferns Hypolepis Bernhardi