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Polypodium L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 1082 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000030796.

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Synonyms of Polypodium

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Dicranopteris Blume ex Endl. Gen. Pl. [Endlicher] Suppl. 1: 1346 (1841) non Bernh. — wfo-1000071323
Leptostegia Zipp.ms. ex Mett. Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. 2(2) [Pheg. u. Asp.]: 50 (1857) — wfo-1000071347
Lepicystis (J.Sm.) J.Sm. London J. Bot. 1: 195. 1842. — wfo-4000021071
Micropteris J.Sm. Hist. Fil. : 186 (1875) wfo-4000024190
Chilopteris (C.Presl) Lindl. Tent. Pterid. 208 (1836) wfo-4000043334
Marginariopsis T.Moore Index LXXIII. 2: lxxiii. 1857 , Phlebodium se wfo-4000043382
Coelopteris A.Braun Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. 50 (1856) wfo-4000047105
Trichocalymma Zenker Linnaea 24(2): 251 (1851) wfo-4000047117
Pleurogonium (C.Presl) Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 79. (1846) wfo-4000048307
Cystidium Lindl. Veg. Kingd., ed. 2 80 (1847) — wfo-4100004298
Cephalosorium T.Moore Index Fil. [T. Moore] 75 (1857) — wfo-4100004348
Clathropeltis Kuhn Reisen Ost-Afr. [Decken] 3(3): Bot. 51 (1879) — wfo-4100004359
Cyrtomiphlebium Hook. Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 6: 15 (1863) — wfo-4100004374
Diagramma Blume Enum. Pl. Javae 2: 114 (1828) — wfo-4100004388
Dictyogramma C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6 [Epim. Bot.]: 148 (1851) — wfo-4100004391
Dictyophlebia Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 7: 283, 286 (1857) — wfo-4100004392
Eleutherophlebia Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 7: 282, 285 (1857) — wfo-4100004402
Goniolepicystis Diels Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I, 4: 323 (1899) — wfo-4100004414
Leptoselliguea C.Chr. Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 7: 309 (1934) — wfo-4100004456
Phlebiolepicystis Diels Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I, 4: 321 (1899) — wfo-4100004522
Phlebodiopsis T.Moore Index Fil. [T. Moore] 77 (1857) — wfo-4100004523
Phyllitidis J.Sm. J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 397 (1841) — wfo-4100004524
Pseudovittaria C.Chr. Dansk Bot. Ark. 6(3): 45 (1929) — wfo-4100004541
Catenularia Zippel Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. 37 (1857) wfo-4100004858

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Polypodium:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium unranked Goniopteris (C.Presl) Hook. Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 5: 1. 1864 [May 1864] wfo-1200040811
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium acutangulum C.Presl Tent. Pterid. 181. 1836 (nomen) (1836) wfo-0000149155
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium acutissimum Wall. List pag. 250 (n. 4727). 1829 wfo-0000149158
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium adhaerens Wall. Numer. List : n.° 2223 (1830) wfo-0000149163
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium adnascens Hook. – — wfo-0001111768
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium alpestre Spenn. Fl. Friburg. 1: 12. 1825 wfo-0001110187
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium ambiguum Desv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(3): 242. 1827 wfo-0001126193
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium amplum var. amplum – – wfo-0001382576
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium angustatum f. macrocarpum T.B.Muir Muelleria 4(3) 1981 wfo-0001327411
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium angustialatum Bonap. Notes Ptéridol. 14. 151. 1924. (1924) wfo-0000149198
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium angustifrons Kunze Linnaea 13: 134. 1839 (1839) wfo-0001274163
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium angustilobum Ettingsh. Farnkr. Jetztw. : 51 (1865) wfo-0000149200
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium apagalolepis de la Sota Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Bot. 10: 133, f. 22. 1967. (1967) wfo-0000149202
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium apiculatum Klotzsch Linnaea 20: 378. 1847 wfo-0001112981
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium apiculatum var. leptophyllum (Moritz) Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 1: 37 (1945) wfo-0001376717
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium apoensis Copel. Philipp. J. Sci. 56: 105, t. 9 1935 — wfo-0001281662
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium ascensionensis Hieron. Hedwigia 44: 93 1905 — wfo-0001041400
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium asininum (Spruce) Salomon Nomencl. Gefässkrypt. 289, nomen (1883) wfo-0000149215
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium aspidioides var. aspidioides – – wfo-0001382592
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium aspidioides var. tropicum F.M.Bailey Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 5 1880 wfo-0001399855
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium aspidiolepis (Baker) L.D.Gómez Brenesia 12-13: 61, without basionym d (1977) wfo-0000149218
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium atropunctatum Gaud. 1827 wfo-0000162821
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium atropunctatum Gaudich. Voy. Uranie : 346 (1828) wfo-0000149222
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium attenuatum var. gladiatum Kunze – wfo-0001395003
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium auritum (Hook.) E.J.Lowe Ferns 2. t. 51. 1858 (1858) wfo-0001227850
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium australe var. australe – – wfo-0001382598
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium australe var. nanum (Brack.) Macloskie – wfo-0001392196
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium australis (R.Br.) Poir. Encyclopedie Methodique. Botanique Suppl. 4 1816 wfo-0000149223
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium bakeri Lindm. Ark. Bot. 1: 240, pl.11, f.9. 1903 wfo-0000149227
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium barisanicum Alderw. Malayan Ferns 627 (1909) wfo-0000149232
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium billardierei var. billardierei – – wfo-0001370679
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium brachyodu Kunze Linnaea 9: 48 (1834) wfo-0000149258
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium brevistipes var. subintegrum Rosenst. – — wfo-0001127134
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium brunneo-viride Baker ap. Jenm. JoB. 265. 1877 wfo-0000149270
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium canescens (Mett.) Kunze ex Hook. Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 4(15-16): 262. 1863 wfo-0000149285
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium carnulosum Christ Bull. Herb. Boissier , ser. 2, 4: 1102 (1904) wfo-0000149292
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium carthusiana H.P.Fuchs – — wfo-0001115762
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium caudiceps Moore. – wfo-0000149295
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium cheilosticton var. cooperi Baker J. Bot. 25: 25 (1887) wfo-0001376728
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium chinabowense Jenman Ferns Brit. W. Ind. Guiana 298. 1908 wfo-0000149305
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium chingii C.Chr. ex Ching Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 4: 98 (1933) wfo-0000149306
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium chondrocheiton (Fée) C.Chr. Index Filic. : 325 (1905) wfo-0000149307
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium choquetangensis Rosenst. – wfo-0000162768
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium cincinalis Guldenst. Reis. d. Russl. 2: 343, 179. 1791 , nomen wfo-0000149314
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium cognatum Gand. Herb. Pyrénées 23 1884 wfo-1000064627
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium columbianum Baker Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 5: 470 (1891) wfo-0001231749
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium confluens f. confluens – – wfo-0001326961
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium confluens f. liberatum F.M.Bailey Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants 1913 wfo-0001326962
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium confluens var. confluens – – wfo-0001370692
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium congregatifoilum Alderw. Nova Guinea 14: 47 1924 — wfo-0001036025
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium contingens (Alderw.) C.Chr. Index Filic., Suppl. Tert. : 146 (1934) wfo-0000149331
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium crassifolium L. Sp. Pl. : 1083 (1753) wfo-0001113059
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium crenato-dentatum Klotzsch Linnaea 20(3): 384. 1847 [Jun 1847] wfo-0000149349
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium crenato-pinnatum Clarke. – wfo-0000162813
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium crenulatum Kunze Mett. Ind. Suppl. prel. 1857 wfo-0000149352
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium cuneatum Kuhn Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 26: 41 (syn.) (1868) wfo-0001221226
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium curtidens Christ Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg II. 5. 122. 1905 (1905) wfo-0001235527
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium curvivenium Wall. Numer. List : n.° 292 (1829) wfo-0000149365
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium daochengense Ching & S.K.Wu ex K.H.Shing Vasc. Pl. Hengduan Mount., et in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1: 161. 1993 , without latin descr. or type; 31(6): 574 (1993) wfo-0001242109
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium delicatulum M.Martens & Galeotti Nouv. Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 15(5): 35 (1842) wfo-0001112987
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium deliculatum M.Martens & Galeotti Nouv. Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 15: 35, t. 7 (1842) wfo-0000149377
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium descussatum var. subincisum (Willd.) Krug – wfo-0001392778
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium dicksoniifolium Roxb. Beats., St. Helena: 318 (1816) — wfo-1000069309
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium dimidiatum C.Presl Tent. Pterid. 179. 1836 (nomen) (1836) wfo-0000149387
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium distans var. glabrata C.B.Clarke Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1(8): 544 1880 — wfo-0001128220
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium dryopteris var. minus DC. – wfo-0001396123
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium duale var. strictissimum (Hook.) Pittier – wfo-0001392446
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium elatum Roxb. Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 495 (1844) wfo-0000149406
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium epaleata Parris Fern Gaz. 16: 239 2002 — wfo-0001036027
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium erosum Raf. Ann. Nat. Annual Syn. 16. 1820 wfo-0000149412
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium europhyllum C.Chr. Index Filic. fasc. 9: 525 1906 — wfo-0001254365
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium fagetorum Gand. Herb. Pyrénées 64 1884 wfo-1000064700
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium falciculatum Raddi Opusc. Sci. 3. 288. 1819; Pl. Bras. 1. 24 (1819) wfo-0000149419
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium fecioides Copel. Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. : 59: (1929) wfo-0000149423
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium felix-femina L. Sp. Pl. : 1090 (1753) wfo-0000149426
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium finlaysonianum Wall. Numer. List : n.° 2221 (1830) wfo-0000149433
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium foecundum Vell. Fl. Flumin. 11: t. 75 (1831) wfo-0000149445
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium fortunii (T.Moore) Lowe Ferns 1: , pl. 42B 1856 — wfo-0001123390
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium fraxinifolium var. articulatum C.Chr. Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, 6: 49 (1906) wfo-0001379576
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium friderici-et-pauli Christ Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg II(4): 37. 1904 wfo-0000149809
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium frigidum Gand. Herb. Pyrénées 23 1884 wfo-1200097348
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium furfuratum Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic. : 239 (1894) wfo-0000149459
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium fusconigrum Baker & Matthew J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 39. 379. 1911, err. script. p (1911) wfo-0000149461
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium gheisbreghtii Linden Cat. Pl. Exot. (Linden) 1858 wfo-0000149469
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium ghiesbreghtii (Hook.) Linden Cat. Pl. Exot. (1858) wfo-0001128053
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium gilpiniae Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 204 (1877) wfo-0001108614
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium glabellum Heward Mag. Nat. Hist. II. 2. 458. 1838 (1838) wfo-0000149471
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium glabrum Roxb. Wall., Numer. List no. 281 (1828) — wfo-1000071678
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium grandiceps G.Nicholson Ill. Dict. Gard. 4: 592. 1888. (1888) wfo-0000149485
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium hawaiiense Und. 1897 wfo-0000162814
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium helleri Und. 1897 wfo-0000162815
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium hemionitideum (C.Presl) Wall. ex Mett. Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. 2: 112 1856 wfo-1000076681
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium hemionitideum Christ Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 5 (1899) wfo-0001117222
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium hemitomum var. deltoideum Hand.-Mazz. Symb. Sin. 6: 44 1929 — wfo-0001229113
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium henchmani J.Sm. ex Moore & Houlston Gard. Mag. Bot. 3. --. 1851; Lowe, Ferns 1 t. (1851) wfo-0000149511
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium hillii Baker Syn. Fil. , ed. 2: 505 (1874) wfo-0000149519
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium hirtulum Kunze – wfo-0000149522
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium holophyllum Baker J. Bot. 26: 325. 1888 wfo-0001254164
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium hoyifolium Wall. Numer. List : n.° 2230 (1830) wfo-0000149528
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polypodium humilis Mett. – wfo-0000162765