Polypodiaceae
Resurrection fern
Pleopeltis polypodioides
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Genus
- Pleopeltis
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Resurrection fern
- French
- Polypode polypodioïde
Synonyms
- Acrostichum ferrugineum Linden
- Acrostichum ferruginosum L.
- Acrostichum polypodioides L.
- Acrostichum polypodioides Thouars
- Candollea polypodioides (L.) Mirb.
- Goniophlebium ceteraccinum Fée
- Goniophlebium incanum J.Sm.
- Lepicystis incana J.Sm.
- Marginaria ceteraccina (Michx.) Bory
- Marginaria ceteracina Bory
- Marginaria incana C.Presl
- Marginaria polypodioides (L.) Tidestr.
- Pleopeltis incana Wall.
- Polypodium albidum C.Presl
- Polypodium ceteraccinum Michx.
- Polypodium chrysoconion Spreng.
- Polypodium incanoides Fée
- Polypodium incanum Sw.
- Polypodium incanum var. oblongum E.Fourn.
- Polypodium mesetae Christ
- Polypodium polypodioides (L.) Hitchc.
- Polypodium polypodioides var. polypodioides
- Polypodium velatum Schkuhr
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
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Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Gilmar R. Ferreira, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.