Pleopeltis minima(Bory) J.Prado & R.Y.Hirai

WFO wfo-0000162858 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Pleopeltis minima, photographed by Magdalena Carabio Foti
fig. a Magdalena Carabio Foti, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-21 / obs. 199475814
Pleopeltis minima, photographed by Florencia Grattarola
fig. b Florencia Grattarola, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199471012
Pleopeltis minima, photographed by Adriana Machado
fig. c Adriana Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162702041
Pleopeltis minima, photographed by Ezequiel Vera
fig. d Ezequiel Vera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 148567054
Pleopeltis minima, photographed by Gonzalo Martinez
fig. e Gonzalo Martinez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107506756
Pleopeltis minima, photographed by Noelia
fig. f Noelia, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 100071365
Pleopeltis minima, photographed by Leonel Roget
fig. g Leonel Roget, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 29942330
Pleopeltis minima, photographed by Lucas Kaminski
fig. h Lucas Kaminski, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 171696554

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Pleopeltis minima is native: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Uruguay Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralParaguayUruguay
Native distribution of Pleopeltis minima, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Bolivia BOL
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Paraguay PAR
Uruguay URU

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 14 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Goniophlebium incanum var. minus Fée
  • Goniophlebium microlepis (Fée) Fée
  • Marginaria microlepis (Fée) Herter
  • Marginaria minima Bory
  • Marginaria polypodioides var. squalida Farw.
  • Pleopeltis squalida (Vell.) de la Sota
  • Polypodium incanum var. squalidum (Vell.) Baker
  • Polypodium microlepis Fée
  • Polypodium minimum (Bory) Herter
  • Polypodium minimum Aubl.
  • Polypodium polypodioides var. microlepis (Fée) Bonap.
  • Polypodium polypodioides var. minimum (Bory) M.Kuhlm. & Ed.Kühn
  • Polypodium polypodioides var. minus (Fée) Weath.
  • Polypodium squalidum Vell.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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