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The genus Polypodium is in the family Polypodiaceae in the major group Pteridophytes (Ferns and fern allies).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Polypodium

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Polypodium abitaguae Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium acuminatum (Fée) Sodiro	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium adnatum Kunze ex Klotzsch	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium aequale Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium alansmithii R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium alavae A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium albidosquamatum Blume	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium amorphum Suksd.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium ampliatum (Maxon) Proctor	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium appalachianum Haufler & Windham	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium arcanum Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium argyrolepis Sodiro	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium × aspidiolepis Baker	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium attenuatum R. Br.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium aturense Maury	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium australe Fée	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium balaonense Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium bonii (Ching) H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium bradeorum Rosenst.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium californicum Kaulf.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium calirhiza S.A. Whitmore & A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium caudatoattenuatum (Takeda) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium chiapense A.M. Evans & A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium chionolepis Sodiro	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium chondrocheilon (Fée) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium christensenii Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium chrysolepis Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium cicutarium L.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium collinsii Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium colpodes Kunze	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium congenerum (Blume) C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium conterminans Liebm.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium cryptocarpon Fée	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium curtisii Baker	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium cuspidatum D. Don	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium danesianum (Domin) F.M. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium daochengense Ching & S.K. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium dasypleuron Kunze	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium davallioides (Kunze) Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium decursive-pinnatum H.C. Hall	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium diplotrichum Mickel & Beitel	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium dissimile L.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium dulce Poir.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium dulce group	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium eatonii Baker	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium echinolepis Fée	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium eleutherophlebium (Fée) Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium elongatum Aiton	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium eperopeutes Mickel & Beitel	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium falcaria Kunze	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium fallacissimum Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium fauriei (Copel.) Makino & Nemoto	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium fimbriatum Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium fissidens Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium flagellare H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium fraternum Schltdl. & Cham.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium friedrichsthalianum Kunze	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium furfuraceum Schltdl. & Cham.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium glycyrrhiza D.C. Eaton	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium grammitoides (Baker) Diels	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium griffithianum Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium griseo-nigrum Baker	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium guttatum Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium hartwegianum Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium hesperium Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium hewardii (T. Moore) Griseb.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium hispidulum Bartlett	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium insularum (C.V. Morton) de la Sota	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium interjectum Shivas	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium intermeldium Ching & S.K. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium kanashiroi Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium karwinskyanum (C. Presl) Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium khasyanum Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium laevigatum Cav.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium lepidopteris (Langsd. & Fisch.) Kunze	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium lepidotrichum (Fée) Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium liebmannii C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium lindenianum Kunze	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium longepinnulatum E. Fourn.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium loriceum L.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium loriceum group	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium loriciforme Rosenst.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium lucidum Beyr. ex Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium macrochasmum Baker	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium macrolepis Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium madrense J. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium maritimum Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium martensii Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium mckeei (Tindale) Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium megacuspe Baker	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium microgrammoides Mickel & A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium mindense Sodiro	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium mixtum Sodiro	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium monosorum Desv.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium montigenum Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium munchii Christ	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium murorum Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium myriolepis H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium nervopilosum K.H. Shing	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium nudatum Roxb.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium nymphale G. Forst.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium okuboi Yatabe	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium omeiense Baker	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium patentissimum Mett. ex Kuhn	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium penangianum Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium piligerum Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium × pinnatisectum (Brade) L.D. Gómez	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium pinnatissimum R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium platylepis Mett. ex Kuhn	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium plebeium Schltdl. & Cham.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium plectolepidioides Rosenst.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium plesiosorum Kunze	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium plesiosorum group	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium pleurosorum Kunze ex Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium polypodioides group	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium praetermissum Mickel & Tejero	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium pseudotrichomanoides Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium puberulum Schltdl. & Cham.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium pumilum Brause	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium punctatum (L.) Sw.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium punctulatum Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium pyrrholepis (Fée) Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium pyrrhorachis Kunze	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium quitense Baker	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium reinwardtii (Blume) C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium repandulum (Kuntze) Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium rhachipterygium Liebm.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium rhodopleuron Kunze	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium rimbachii Sodiro	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium riograndense (T. Wendt) Mickel	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium rosei Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium rzedowskianum Mickel	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium sampsonii Baker	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium sanctae-rosae (Maxon) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium scolopendrinum (Bory) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium scouleri Hook. & Grev.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium scutulatum Sodiro	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium segregatum Baker	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium someyae Yatabe	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium sphaerocephalum (Hook. & Grev.) Wall. ex Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium steirolepis C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium subfalcatum Blume	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium subminutum Alderw.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium subpetiolatum Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium tainiatum Sw.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium tenuisectum Blume	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium tenuissimum Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium tridens Kunze	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium trifidum (D. Don) H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium urceolare Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium ursipes Moritz ex C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium vagans Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium veitchii Baker	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium villagranii Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium virginianum L.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium vittarioides Wall.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium vulgare L.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium wagneri Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium wrightii (Hook.) Mett. ex Diels in Engl. & Prantl	Accepted		TRO
Polypodium yakuinsulare Masam.	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 2,135 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Polypodium. Of these 160 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 280 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Polypodium. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 2,135 species names for the genus Polypodium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	160	7.5%
◕	Synonym	976	45.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	999	46.8%

All names

The status of the 2,415 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Polypodium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	164	6.8%
◕	Synonym	1,240	51.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1,011	41.9%

The confidence with which the status of the 2,135 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Polypodium, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	160	974	0	0	1,134	53.1%
	Low confidence	0	2	0	999	1,001	46.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Polypodium, are as follows: