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Polypodium  L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 17228

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): polypody [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2011   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionPolypodiophytina   
                   ClassPolypodiopsida  – leptosporangiate ferns  
                      SubclassPolypodiidae   
                         OrderPolypodiales   
                            SuborderPolypodiineae   
                               FamilyPolypodiaceae  – common ferns, licorice ferns  
                                  SubfamilyPolypodioideae Sweet  
                                     GenusPolypodium L. – polypody  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Polypodium amorphum Suksd. – irregular polypody 
                                        Species Polypodium appalachianum Haufler & Windham – Appalachian polypody 
                                        Species Polypodium X aztecum Windham & Yatsk.  
                                        Species Polypodium californicum Kaulf. – California polypody 
                                        Species Polypodium calirhiza S.A. Whitmore & A.R. Sm. – nested polypody 
                                        Species Polypodium cambricum L.  
                                        Species Polypodium glycyrrhiza D.C. Eaton – licorice fern 
                                        Species Polypodium hesperium Maxon – western polypody 
                                        Species Polypodium lanceolatum L. – lanceleaf polypody 
                                        Species Polypodium pellucidum Kaulf. – dotted polypody 
                                        Species Polypodium saximontanum Windham – Rocky Mountain polypody 
                                        Species Polypodium scouleri Hook. & Grev. – leathery polypody 
                                        Species Polypodium sibiricum Sipliv. – Siberian polypody 
                                        Species Polypodium tobagense C. Chr.  
                                        Species Polypodium virginianum L. – rock polypody 
                                        Species Polypodium vulgare L.  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Hitchcock and Cronquist, 1976, database (version 1)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Polypodium   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Polypodium   
       
  Source: Polypodiaceae of North America Update, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Polypodium   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Polypodium   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Polypodium   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Systematics and Evolution, vol. 54, no. 6   
  Page(s): 563-603   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1759-6831   
  Notes: doi: 10.1111/jse.12229   
  Reference for: Polypodium   
       

 Geographic Information
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Fern genus Polypodium L. (TSN 17228) is apparently a 'parahomonym' (different kingdom, same name as) hydrozoan genus Polypodium (TSN 51253)  
 

 

    

 
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