Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Marginaria incana Presl., Polypodium polypodioides (L.) Watt, P. polypodioides var. burchellii (Baker) Weath. fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010). This species, as reported by Wiggins & Porter (1971), most likely also refers to Polypodium incanum Sw. sensu Svenson (1938).

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

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• Lawesson, J.E. Adsersen, H. & Bentley, P. (1987) An updated and annotated check list of the vascular plants of the Galapagos islands. Rept. Bot. Inst., Univ. Aarhus 16: 1-74.
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
• Andersson, N.J. (1855) Om Galápagos Öarnes Vegetation. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps Akademien Handl., Stockholm: 61-256.
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• Svenson, H.K. Weatherby, C.A. (1938) Pteridophyta of the Galápagos Islands. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 65: 303-333.