Ferns of Barbados

Polypodiaceae

 Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) E.G. Andrews & Windham
Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb.19:46. 1993.

Basionym: Acrostichum polypodioides L., Sp. Pl. 2:1068-1069. 1753
Synonyms of this taxon attributed to Barbados Polypodium polypodioides (L.) Watt
General Distribution U.S.A., Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela to Argentina, Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Cayman Islands, Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles, Barbados, Trinidad
Flora of the Lesser Antilles Polypodium polypodioides
St.Martin, St.Barthelemy, Antigua, Saba, St.Eustatius, St.Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St.Lucia, St.Vincent, Grenadines (Union), Grenada, Barbados
Ferns of Puerto Rico & the Virgin Islands Polypodium polypodioides
Puerto Rico, St.Croix, St.Thomas
Flora Mesomericana Polypodium polypodioides
Mexico (Tabasco, Chiapas & Yucatan Peninsula), Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
 

Illustrated description from Native Plants of South Florida

Check description in title2.gif (1380 bytes) Flora Mesoamericana (Polypodium polypodioides)

See photos at the Vascular Plant Image Gallery of the Bioinformatics Working Group, Texax A&M University

POLY - Experiment on space shuttle Discovery STS-85


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