Polypodium plesiosorumKunze

WFO wfo-0001113127 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Polypodium plesiosorum, photographed by Adriana Nelly Correa Sandoval
fig. a Adriana Nelly Correa Sandoval, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-01-25 / obs. 60263072
Polypodium plesiosorum, photographed by Adriana Nelly Correa Sandoval
fig. b Adriana Nelly Correa Sandoval, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60263086
Polypodium plesiosorum, photographed by Adriana Nelly Correa Sandoval
fig. c Adriana Nelly Correa Sandoval, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60263091
Polypodium plesiosorum, photographed by Adriana Nelly Correa Sandoval
fig. d Adriana Nelly Correa Sandoval, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60263102
Polypodium plesiosorum, photographed by Adriana Nelly Correa Sandoval
fig. e Adriana Nelly Correa Sandoval, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60263112
Polypodium plesiosorum, photographed by Adriana Nelly Correa Sandoval
fig. f Adriana Nelly Correa Sandoval, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60263117
Polypodium plesiosorum, photographed by Adriana Nelly Correa Sandoval
fig. g Adriana Nelly Correa Sandoval, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60263133
Polypodium plesiosorum, photographed by Adriana Nelly Correa Sandoval
fig. h Adriana Nelly Correa Sandoval, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60263148

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Native range 14 botanical countries

Regions where Polypodium plesiosorum is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestColombiaCosta RicaDominican RepublicEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamá
Native distribution of Polypodium plesiosorum, 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
Colombia CLM SOUTHERN AMERICA
Costa Rica COS
Dominican Republic DOM
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

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 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.

  • Goniophlebium anisomeron Fée
  • Goniophlebium anisomeron var. abortivum E.Fourn.
  • Goniophlebium anisomeron var. elongatum E.Fourn.
  • Goniophlebium anisomeron var. genuinum E.Fourn.
  • Goniophlebium anisomeron var. pectinatum (L.) E.Fourn.
  • Goniophlebium appendiculatum T.Moore
  • Goniophlebium confluens T.Moore
  • Goniophlebium molestum Fée
  • Goniophlebium plesiosorum (Kunze) Fée
  • Goniophlebium stramineum Underw. ex Conz.
  • Polypodium anisomeron (Fée) E.Fourn.
  • Polypodium anisomeron var. abortivum E.Fourn.
  • Polypodium anisomeron var. elongatum E.Fourn.
  • Polypodium anisomeron var. molestum (Fée) E.Fourn.
  • Polypodium appendiculatum (T.Moore) Klotzsch
  • Polypodium californicum Schltdl. & Cham.
  • Polypodium confluens (T.Moore) Liebm.
  • Polypodium feei E.Fourn.
  • Polypodium gonatodes Kunze
  • Polypodium isomerum E.Fourn.
  • Polypodium loriceum var. anisomeron Kuntze
  • Polypodium loriceum var. plesiosorum (Kunze) J.Bommer & Christ
  • Polypodium pachyrhizon Christ
  • Polypodium rossii Christ

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.
  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.

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