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Polypodiaceae

Plants

90 genera · 1968 species in the Library

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Polypodiaceae is a family of ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016, the family includes around 65 genera and an estimated 1,650 species and is placed in the order Polypodiales, suborder Polypodiineae. A broader circumscription has also been used, in which the family includes other families kept separate in PPG I. Nearly all species are epiphytes, but some are terrestrial.

Summary from Wikipedia

Oreogrammitis

196 species

Polypodium

152 species

Selliguea

126 species

Pleopeltis

107 species

Lepisorus

100 species

Ceradenia

76 species

Prosaptia

73 species

Pyrrosia

70 species

Campyloneurum

Campyloneurum

67 species

Calymmodon

60 species

Serpocaulon

54 species

Lellingeria

52 species

Grammitis

48 species

Pecluma

48 species

Microsorum

45 species

Loxogramme

42 species

Drynaria

40 species

Leptochilus

40 species

Tomophyllum

38 species

Moranopteris

34 species

Goniophlebium

33 species

Microgramma

33 species

Melpomene

30 species

Enterosora

29 species

Stenogrammitis

28 species

Alansmia

24 species

Lecanopteris

24 species

Ctenopterella

21 species

Platycerium

20 species

Ascogrammitis

18 species

Mycopteris

18 species

Cochlidium

17 species

Terpsichore

17 species

Adenophorus

Adenophorus

14 species

Xiphopterella

14 species

Notogrammitis

12 species

Acrosorus

11 species

Niphidium

11 species

Scleroglossum

10 species

Archigrammitis

8 species

Dasygrammitis

8 species

Dryopterites

7 species

Leucotrichum

6 species

Galactodenia

5 species

Polypodiidites

5 species

Adiantites

4 species

Micropolypodium

4 species

Verrucatosporites

4 species

Bosmania

3 species

Dictymia

Dictymia

3 species

Hovenkampia

3 species

Phlebodium

3 species

Synammia

3 species

Thylacopteris

3 species

Aspleniopteris

2 species

Asplenites

2 species

Chrysogrammitis

2 species

Comptoniopteris

2 species

Elaphoglossum

2 species

Lomaphlebia

2 species

Microtaenia

2 species

Palaeovittaria

2 species

Parrisia

2 species

Podoloma

2 species

Polypodiaceaesporites

2 species

Adetogramma

1 species

Allantodiopsis

1 species

Anomalofilicites

1 species

Antrophyopteris

1 species

Astralopteris

1 species

Belemnopteris

1 species

Benizia

1 species

Calligrammitis

1 species

Cuddaloria

1 species

Davallites

1 species

Dennstaedtiopsis

1 species

Hemionitites

1 species

Leptochilites

1 species

Luisma

1 species

Meniphylloides

1 species

Meyeripollis

1 species

Odontosorites

1 species

Palaeosorum

1 species

Phanerophlebites

1 species

Phlebosia

1 species

Platyceriphyllum

1 species

Pleurosoriopsis

1 species

Podosorus

1 species

Polypodiopteris

1 species

Praedeparia

1 species