164.900 Pleopeltis Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011) Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature

Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983) The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria.

Roux, J.P. (2001) Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13

Roux, J.P. (2009) Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands

Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970) Pteridophyta FZ

Description of the genus

Rhizome creeping, scales clathrate. Fronds spaced apart, monomorphic or sometimes dimorphic, simple to pinnatifid, entire, membranous to fleshy, articulated to the rhizome, with peltate scales on the underside of the lamina. Veins obscure, anastomosing, forming irregular areoles with included free veinlets. Sori large, round, in a single row on each side of the midrib, when young protected by peltate, flattened paraphyses.

Derivation of name: pleón: much, more, pelta: small shield; an illusion to the many peltate scales on the lamina

Worldwide: c. 50 species, mainly neotropical distribution.

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Species	Links to maps	FZ divisions	Content
× simianum (Schelpe & N.C. Anthony) N.R.Crouch & Klopper subsp. simiana	Altitude Rainfall Geology	C,E,S	Description
macrocarpa (Bory ex Willd.) Kaulf.	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N,C,E,S	Description, Image
polypodioides (L.) E.G.Andrews & Windham subsp. ecklonii (Kunze) J.P.Roux	Altitude Rainfall Geology	C,E,S	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Pleopeltis:

Flora of Mozambique: Pleopeltis
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Pleopeltis
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Pleopeltis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Pleopeltis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pleopeltis
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Pleopeltis