| Pleopeltis | |
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| Pleopeltis polypodioides growing on a tree branch | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
| Family: | Polypodiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Polypodioideae |
| Genus: | Pleopeltis Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.[1] |
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Pleopeltis is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Polypodioideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[2] The genus widely distributed in tropical regions of the world, and also north into temperate regions in eastern North America and eastern Asia.[3][4][5] Several species are known by the common name scaly polypody and resurrection fern.[6]
The genus is closely related to Polypodium. Many of the species have been or sometimes are still included in that genus. Further changes in the circumscription of the genus may occur as research continues.[4]
They are epiphytic, epipetric (growing on rocks), or rarely terrestrial ferns, with a creeping, densely hairy or scaly rhizome bearing fronds at intervals along its length. The fronds are evergreen, persisting for 1–2 years, and are entire or deeply pinnatifid. The sori or groups of spore-cases (sporangia) are borne on the back of the frond.[4]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
CFLWwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
PPGIwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Ferns of the World: Pleopeltis Archived 2008-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c Flora of North America: Pleopeltis
- ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network: Pleopeltis
- ^ NRCS. "Pleopeltis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 8 October 2015.