Pleopeltis

Accepted species 106 Documented here 25 Family Polypodiaceae

Accepted species 106 in this genus

Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.

SpeciesAuthority Usable photographsPage
Pleopeltis michauxiana (Weath.) Hickey & Sprunt 2,061 documented
Pleopeltis macrocarpa (Bory ex Willd.) Kaulf. 218 documented
Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) E.G.Andrews & Windham 84 documented
Pleopeltis orientalis Sundue 38 documented
Pleopeltis murorum (Hook.) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 28 documented
Pleopeltis ecklonii (Kunze) A.R.Sm. 21 documented
Pleopeltis minima (Bory) J.Prado & R.Y.Hirai 21 documented
Pleopeltis pleopeltifolia (Raddi) Alston 18 documented
Pleopeltis lepidopteris (Langsd. & Fisch.) de la Sota 16 documented
Pleopeltis tridens J.Sm. 12 documented
Pleopeltis hirsutissima (Raddi) de la Sota 11 documented
Pleopeltis crassinervata T.Moore 10 documented
Pleopeltis polylepis (A.Roem. ex Kunze) T.Moore 10 documented
Pleopeltis angusta Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. 8 documented
Pleopeltis guttata (Maxon) E.G.Andrews & Windham 8 documented
Pleopeltis plebeia (Schltdl. & Cham.) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 8 documented
Pleopeltis bombycina (Maxon) A.R.Sm. 7 documented
Pleopeltis thyssanolepis (A.Braun ex Klotzsch) E.G.Andrews & Windham 6 documented
Pleopeltis conzattii (Weath.) R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon 5 documented
Pleopeltis furfuracea (Schltdl. & Cham.) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 5 documented
Pleopeltis fimbriata (Maxon) A.R.Sm. 4 documented
Pleopeltis alansmithii (R.C.Moran) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 3 documented
Pleopeltis christensenii A.R.Sm. 3 documented
Pleopeltis macrolepis (Maxon) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 3 documented
Pleopeltis monosora (Desv.) A.R.Sm. 3 documented
Pleopeltis acicularis (Weath.) A.R.Sm. & T.Krömer 3 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis astrolepis (Liebm.) E.Fourn. 2 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis fallax (Schltdl. & Cham.) Mickel & Beitel 2 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis pinnatifida Gillies ex Hook. & Grev. 1 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis remota (Desv.) A.R.Sm. 1 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis × albornoziana Arana & M.G.Romagnoli 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis × arreguiniae I.Farfán & Gómez-Alanís ex Tejero 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis × aspidiolepis (Baker) A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis × bartlettii (Weath.) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis × cerro-altoensis Danton & Boudrie 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis × gracilis A.Rojas & Tejero 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis × leucospora (Klotzsch) T.Moore 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis × melanoneuron Mickel & Beitel 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis × pinnatisecta (Brade) A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis × pueblensis A.Cerón & Tejero 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis × simiana (Schelpe & N.C.Anthony) N.R.Crouch & Klopper 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis × sordidula (Maxon & Weath.) Mickel & Beitel 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis × tricholepis (Mickel & Beitel) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis alborufula (Brade) Salino 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis appressa M.Kessler & A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis aturensis (Maury) A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis balaonensis (Hieron.) A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis ballivianii (Rosenst.) A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis bradeorum (Rosenst.) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis bryopoda (Maxon) de la Sota 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis buchtienii (Christ & Rosenst.) A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis burchellii (Baker) Hickey & Sprunt ex A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis coenosora R.C.Moran 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis collinsii (Maxon) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis complanata (Weath.) E.A.Hooper 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis constricta Sprunt & Hickey 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis cryptocarpos (Fée) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis desvauxii (Klotzsch) Salino 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis disjuncta M.Kessler & A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis fallacissima (Maxon) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis fayorum (R.C.Moran & B.Øllg.) A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis fraseri (Kuhn) A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis friedrichsthaliana (Kunze) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis fructuosa (Maxon & Weath.) Lellinger 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis furcata (L.) A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis glandulosa Arana, Slanis & Bulacio 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis guttisquamata N.T.L.Pena & Schwartsb. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis gyroflexa (Christ) Schwartsb. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis hookeri A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis insularum (C.V.Morton) A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis intermedia M.Kessler & A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis lepidotricha (Fée) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis lindeniana (Kunze) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis madrensis (J.Sm.) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis marginata A.R.Sm. & Tejero 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis masafuerae (Phil.) de la Sota 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis megalolepis (Maxon & C.V.Morton) A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis mexicana (Fée) Mickel & Beitel 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis microgrammoides (Mickel & A.R.Sm.) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis minarum (Weath.) Salino 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis monoides (Weath.) Salino 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis montigena (Maxon) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis muenchii (Christ) A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis myriolepis (Christ) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis oreophila Sundue 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis panamensis (Weath.) Pic.Serm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis platylepis (Mett. ex Kuhn) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis pleopeltidis (Fée) de la Sota 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis pycnocarpa (C.Chr.) A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis pyrrholepis (Fée) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis riograndensis (T.Wendt) E.G.Andrews & Windham 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis rosei (Maxon) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis rzedowskiana (Mickel) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis sanctae-rosae (Maxon) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis segregata (Baker) A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis squamata J.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis steirolepis (C.Chr.) A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis stolzei A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis subnuda (C.Chr.) A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis subvestita (Maxon) A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis tico (A.Rojas) A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis trindadensis (Brade) Salino 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis tweedieana (Hook.) A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis villagranii (Copel.) A.R.Sm. & Tejero 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis wiesbaurii (Sodiro) Lellinger 0 below the evidence gate
Pleopeltis xantholepis (Harr.) A.R.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate

Why some species have no pagethe gate

This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species needs at least three usable photographs before we will build it a page, because a page with one picture and no traits tells you nothing you could not get from a search result, and generating hundreds of thousands of those is precisely the practice that got the previous version of this site deleted.

So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. Photograph counts, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.