Pleopeltis polypodioides, common name resurrection fern, is a species of creeping, coarse-textured fern native to the Americas and Africa.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Tropical resurrection fern being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pleopeltis burchellii
- Pleopeltis ecklonii
- Pleopeltis minima
- Pleopeltis michauxiana
- Pleopeltis thyssanolepis
- Serpocaulon catharinae
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Genus
- Pleopeltis
- Species
- Pleopeltis polypodioides
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