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.

Descriptions

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Guiana Shield, Caribbean. Elevation range: 250–3000 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Boyacá, Caquetá, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Meta, Norte de Santander, Tolima.
Habit
Herb.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, native grassland, artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

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

Distribution
Colombia
[CPLC]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Vegetative Multiplication Rhizomes
Rhizome wide-creeping, 1–2 mm thick, clothed with lance-subulate, dark brown scales with pale denticulate-ciliolate margins
Morphology Leaves
Fronds scattered, hygroscopic (curling up in dry weather, opening out after rain), the densely appressed-scaly stipes shorter than the lamina; lamina chiefly oblong or linear-oblong, 4–15 cm long, 1.5–6 cm broad, densely clothed beneath with roundish or deltate-ovate, peltate scales that entirely conceal the tissue, on the upper side bearing a few scattered, slender, pale, fimbriate scales; segments 2.5–5 mm broad, rounded at the apex, dilated at the base; veins obscure
Morphology Reproductive morphology Sori
Sori supramedial, protruding from pockets in the lamina tissue.
Distribution
Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac. Widespread in the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere from Ohio and Virginia to Argentina; common in the West Indies.
Ecology
Cayman plants occur on mossy logs and tree- trunks in sheltered woodlands, and are rather rare.
[Cayman]

Uses

Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

  • 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

    • 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