Hypolepis | |
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Hypolepis glandulifera | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Pteridophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida/Pteridopsida (disputed) |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Family: | Dennstaedtiaceae |
Genus: |
Hypolepis Bernh. 1806, not Pers. 1807 (Rafflesiaceae) nor P.Beauv. ex T.Lestib. 1819 (syn of Ficinia in Cyperaceae) nor Nees 1829 (Poaceae) |
Hypolepis (beadfern) is a genus of ferns described as a genus in 1806. The word is derived from Greek, meaning "under scale". It is found in tropical and subtropical regions, primarily in the New World but also in the Old World and on various oceanic islands.