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

tropical resurrection fern

WFO wfo-0001120029 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Pleopeltis polypodioides, photographed by Noah Yawn
fig. a Noah Yawn, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-15 / obs. 198408858
Pleopeltis polypodioides, photographed by Josiah Londerée
fig. b Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179253441
Pleopeltis polypodioides, photographed by fede2cr
fig. c fede2cr, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200126739
Pleopeltis polypodioides, photographed by Светлана Царахова
fig. d Светлана Царахова, CC0 1.0 / obs. 181790475
Pleopeltis polypodioides, photographed by veronica
fig. e veronica, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 165862825
Pleopeltis polypodioides, photographed by harrier
fig. f harrier, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201693709
Pleopeltis polypodioides, photographed by Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez
fig. g Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 27417641
Pleopeltis polypodioides, photographed by veronica
fig. h veronica, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 166146082

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Also published as 25 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.

  • Acrostichum ferrugineum Linden
  • Acrostichum ferruginosum L.
  • Acrostichum polypodioides Thouars
  • Acrostichum polypodioides L.
  • Candollea polypodioides (L.) Mirb.
  • Goniophlebium ceteraccinum Fée
  • Goniophlebium incanum J.Sm.
  • Lepicystis incana J.Sm.
  • Marginaria ceteraccina (Michx.) Bory
  • Marginaria ceteracina Bory
  • Marginaria incana C.Presl
  • Marginaria polypodioides (L.) Tidestr.
  • Pleopeltis incana Wall.
  • Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) Watt.
  • Polypodium albidum C.Presl
  • Polypodium ceteraccinum Michx.
  • Polypodium chrysoconion Spreng.
  • Polypodium incanoides Fée
  • Polypodium incanum Sw.
  • Polypodium incanum var. oblongum E.Fourn.
  • Polypodium mesetae Christ
  • Polypodium polypodioides (L.) Hitchc.
  • Polypodium polypodioides var. knoblochianum Mickel
  • Polypodium polypodioides var. polypodioides

and 1 more.

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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.