Polypodiaceae
Pleopeltis

Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) E.G.Andrews & Windham

First published in Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 19: 46 (1993)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Tropical America. It is an epiphyte. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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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.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1987 Pirani, J.R.; Zappi, D.C. [1141] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956301 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Hopkins, M.J.G.; Rodrigues, K.F.; Silva, E.S.; Lima, R.P.; Oliveira, J.G.; Lowy, B. [726] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956300 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Taylor, E.L.; Lobo, M.G.; Schatz, G.; Rosa, N.A.; Rebbeck, T.; Rosário, C.S.; Santos, M.R.; Silva, J.B.F. [E1083] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956309 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Silva, M.N.; Amaral, I.L.; Brako, L.; Dibben, M.J.; Reese, W.D.; Monteiro, O.F.; Santos, J.L.; Coelho, J.A. [169] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956304 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Hill, S.R.; Cid Ferreira, C.A.; Oliveira, J.G.; L. Santos, J.; Nelson, B.W.; Todzia, C.A.; Zarucchi, J.L. [12871] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956307 Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Cavalcante, P.B. [2369] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956305 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T.; Felippe, G.M.; Campos, J.M.F. [3205] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956329 Yes
Jan 1, 1939 Graham, M. [s.n.] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956323 Yes
Jan 1, 1939 Sellow [s.n.] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956322 Yes
Jan 1, 1939 Wilkes [s.n.] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956341 Yes
Jan 1, 1939 MacGillivray, J. [147] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956340 Yes
Jan 1, 1939 Burchell [2575] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956338 Yes
Jan 1, 1939 Gardner [25] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956324 Yes
Jan 1, 1939 Mueller, F. [40] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956333 Yes
Hassler, E. [492] Paraguay Polypodium polypodioides K000956336 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Berg, C.C.; Bisby, F.A.; Lleras, E.; Steward, W.C.; Ramos, J.F.; Monteiro, O.P.; Lima, J.F. [18335] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956308 Yes
Miers, J. [206] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956331 Yes
Philippi [s.n.] Chile Polypodium polypodioides K000956332 Yes
Jürgens, C. [109] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956320 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956328 Yes
Linden [1226] Cuba Polypodium polypodioides K000642095 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956330 Yes
MacGillivray, J. [147] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956339 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956326 Yes
Rodríguez, A.; Santamaría, D.; González, F. [10339] Costa Rica Polypodium polypodioides K001622035 Yes
Riedel [s.n.] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956306 Yes
Regnell [250b] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956302 Yes
Fox [105] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956327 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956335 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956334 Yes
Hoehne, W. [3352] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956303 Yes
Seemann [24] Polypodium polypodioides K000956325 Yes
Raddi [27] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956342 Yes
Gay, J. [s.n.] Brazil Polypodium polypodioides K000956321 Yes
Miers, J. [612] Uruguay Polypodium polypodioides K000956337 Yes

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0