Hypolepis | |
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Hypolepis glandulifera | |
Scientific 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]