Polypodium
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Translingual
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Etymology
From Late Latin polypodium, from Ancient Greek πολυπόδιον (polupódion), from πολυ- (polu-, “poly-, many”) + πούς (poús, “-pod, foot”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ium”).
Proper noun
Polypodium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Polypodiaceae – polypod ferns.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Polypodiophytina - subphylum; Polypodiopsida - class; Polypodiidae - subclass; Polypodiales - order; Polypodiaceae - family; Polypodioideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Polypodium vulgare (common polypody) - type species; Polypodium amorphum (irregular polypody), Polypodium appalachianum (Appalachian polypody, Appalachian rockcap fern), Polypodium californicum (California polypody), Polypodium calirhiza (nested polypody, habit polypody), Polypodium cambricum (southern polypody, limestone polypody, Welsh polypody), Polypodium glycyrrhiza (licorice fern, many-footed fern, sweet root), Polypodium hesperium (western polypody), Polypodium interjectum, Polypodium lepidopteris, Polypodium nigrescens, Polypodium pellucidum, Polypodium polypodioides, Polypodium saximontanum, Polypodium scouleri (leathery polypody, Scopuler's polypody, coast polypody, leatherleaf fern), Polypodium sibiricum, Polypodium virginianum (rock polypody, rock cap fern, common polypody) - selected accepted extant species
- Polypodium asterolepis (syn. of Lepisorus asterolepis), Polypodium excavatum (syn. of Bolbitis auriculata), Polypodium feei (syn. of Selliguea feei), Polypodium furfuraceum, Polypodium guianense (syn. of Mickelia guianensis), Polypodium phymatodes (syn. of Phymatosorus scolopendria), Polypodium pteropus (syn. of Leptochilus pteropus) - selected species no longer accepted in Polypodium
References
Polypodium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Polypodium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Polypodium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Polypodium at USDA Plants database
- Polypodium at Tropicos
