polypody family
Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae is a family of ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), 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.
7 branches of this family, most-observed first
Polypodioideae
subfamilyPolypodioideae
Microsoroideae
subfamilyMicrosoroideae
Platycerioideae
subfamilyPlatycerioideae
Drynarioideae
subfamilyDrynarioideae
grammitid ferns
subfamilyGrammitidoideae
Loxogrammoideae
subfamilyLoxogrammoideae
Adetogramma
genusAdetogramma
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52679.