Pleopeltis fallax (Schltdl. & Cham.) Mickel & Beitel
First published in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 46: 287 (1988)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Central America. It is an epiphyte.
Distribution
Native to:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Marginaria fallax (Schltdl. & Cham.) Pic.Serm. in Webbia 31: 247 (1977)
- Polypodium fallax Schltdl. & Cham. in Linnaea 5: 609 (1830)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Lepicystis fallax Diels in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1(4): 323 (1899)
- Micropteris fallax J.Sm. in Hist. Fil.: 186 (1875)
- Polypodium fallax var. margaritiferum (Christ) L.D.Gómez in Brenesia 12-13: 68 (1977)
- Polypodium margaritiferum Christ in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 2 (1905)
- Polypodium turckheimii Christ in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 254 (1905)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
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