Polypodiaceae
Polypodium appalachianum Haufler & Windham
Polypodium appalachianum Haufler & Windham
Polypodium appalachianum is a diploid fern native to eastern North America, first named in 1991 as a separate cryptic species.
Polypodium californicum Kaulf.
Polypodium californicum Kaulf.
Polypodium californicum Kaulf. is a fern with scaly rhizomes, segmented leaves, and spore-bearing sori on leaf undersides.
Polypodium cambricum L.
Polypodium cambricum L.
Polypodium cambricum L. is a perennial fern with two Award of Garden Merit winning cultivars.
Polypodium glycyrrhiza D.C.Eaton
Polypodium glycyrrhiza D.C.Eaton
Polypodium glycyrrhiza, the licorice fern, is a sweet-flavored North American fern cultivated ornamentally and used by Indigenous groups.
Polypodium hesperium Maxon
Polypodium hesperium Maxon
Polypodium hesperium Maxon is a fern with scaly rhizomes, oblong segmented leaves, and spore-bearing sori on leaf undersides.
Polypodium interjectum Shivas
Polypodium interjectum Shivas
Polypodium interjectum Shivas is a medium ladder-like European fern that grows in partial mild basic to slightly acidic habitats.
Polypodium pellucidum Kaulf.
Polypodium pellucidum Kaulf.
Polypodium pellucidum Kaulf. is a Hawaiian fern that grows in cracks and colonizes new lava flows early.
Polypodium scouleri Hook. & Grev.
Polypodium scouleri Hook. & Grev.
Polypodium scouleri is a coastal North American fern with common names including leathery polypody and Scouler's polypody.
Polypodium virginianum L.
Polypodium virginianum L.
Polypodium virginianum is a small rhizomatous evergreen fern common in rocky habitats across eastern North America.
Polypodium vulgare L.
Polypodium vulgare L.
Common polypody (Polypodium vulgare L.) is an adaptable evergreen fern with culinary and herbal medicinal uses.
Pyrrosia eleagnifolia (Bory) Hovenkamp
Pyrrosia eleagnifolia (Bory) Hovenkamp
Pyrrosia eleagnifolia, or leather-leaf fern, is an adaptable drought-tolerant fern widespread across New Zealand.
Pyrrosia lingua (Thunb.) Farw.
Pyrrosia lingua (Thunb.) Farw.
Pyrrosia lingua (Thunb.) Farw. is a cultivated epiphytic polypodiaceous fern native to East and Southeast Asia.
Pyrrosia rupestris (R.Br.) Ching
Pyrrosia rupestris (R.Br.) Ching
Pyrrosia rupestris is a creeping fern with varied leaf shapes that anchors to rocks or tree trunks.
Selliguea hastata (Thunb.) Fraser-Jenk.
Selliguea hastata (Thunb.) Fraser-Jenk.
Selliguea hastata is a rhizomatous lithophytic or epiphytic fern native to East Asia.
Dictymia brownii (Wikstr.) Copel.
Dictymia brownii (Wikstr.) Copel.
Dictymia brownii, the strap fern, is an Australian fern named for botanist Robert Brown.
Platycerium coronarium (D.Koenig ex O.F.Müll.) Desv.
Platycerium coronarium (D.Koenig ex O.F.Müll.) Desv.
Platycerium coronarium is an epiphytic staghorn fern from Southeast Asia that grows two distinct types of leaves.
Pyrrosia piloselloides (L.) M.G.Price
Pyrrosia piloselloides (L.) M.G.Price
Pyrrosia piloselloides, the Dragon-scale fern, is an epiphytic fern native to wet tropical regions from Southwest India to Papuasia.
Pyrrosia confluens (R.Br.) Ching
Pyrrosia confluens (R.Br.) Ching
Pyrrosia confluens, horseshoe felt fern or robber fern, is a common eastern Australian epiphytic or lithophytic fern found north of the Wyong district.
Bosmania membranacea (D.Don) Testo
Bosmania membranacea (D.Don) Testo
Bosmania membranacea is a Polypodiaceae fern species native to tropical and subtropical Asia.
Leptochilus pteropus (Blume) Fraser-Jenk.
Leptochilus pteropus (Blume) Fraser-Jenk.
Leptochilus pteropus, commonly called Java fern, is a variable aquatic fern widely popular in the aquarium hobby.
Lepisorus ussuriensis (Regel & Mack.) Ching
Lepisorus ussuriensis (Regel & Mack.) Ching
Lepisorus ussuriensis is a Polypodiaceae fern native to the southern Russian Far East, China, and Korea.
Polypodium calirhiza S.A.Whitmore & A.R.Sm.
Polypodium calirhiza S.A.Whitmore & A.R.Sm.
Polypodium calirhiza, a hybrid polypody fern recognized as a species in 1991, grows in the US west coast and Mexico.
Phlebodium pseudoaureum (Cav.) Lellinger
Phlebodium pseudoaureum (Cav.) Lellinger
Phlebodium pseudoaureum is an epiphytic fern of Polypodiaceae native to the New World tropics and subtropics that holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit.
Campyloneurum angustifolium (Sw.) Fée
Campyloneurum angustifolium (Sw.) Fée
Campyloneurum angustifolium is a Polypodiaceae fern native to multiple tropical regions, commonly called narrow strapfern.
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