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Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) E.G. Andrews & Windham  
Family: Polypodiaceae
[Acrostichum ferrugineum L., moreAcrostichum ferruginosum L., Acrostichum polypodioides L., Candollea polypodioides (L.) Mirb., Goniophlebium ceteraccinum (Michx.) Fée, Goniophlebium incanum (Sw.) J. Sm., Lepicystis incana (Sw.) J. Sm., Lepicystis polypodioides , Marginaria ceteracina (Michx.) Bory, Marginaria incana (Sw.) Presl, Marginaria polypodioides (L.) Tidestrom, Pleopeltis incana (Sw.) Wall., Polypodium albidum 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.) Watt., Polypodium velatum Schkuhr]
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Elisabeth G. Andrews
Michael D. Windham in Flora of North America (vol. 2)
Varieties 6 (1 in the flora): North America, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, Africa.
Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada
Rhizome 1.3-1.8 mm thick, its scales narrowly subulate, 2-3 mm, numerous, appressed, fimbriate, with a dark median stripe; lvs 6-25 cm, the petiole 1-9 cm, densely appressed-scaly; blades oblong, 2-6 cm wide, acute, the segments 8-20 pairs, broadly linear or linear-spatulate, 2-5 mm wide, entire, apically rounded, green and glabrous above, densely covered beneath with persistent peltate scales; veins obscure, mostly once-forked, some anastomosing; sori in deep excavations near the margin, without intermingled hairs; 2n=74. On rocks and trees, mostly in subacid soil; se. Md. to Fla., w. to Ill., Mo., Okla., and Tex.; tropical Amer. Plants of the U.S. are var. michauxianum Weath.

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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