Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pleopeltis tridens
Helecho rústico
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Pteridophyta
Class
Pteridopsida
Order
Polypodiales
Family
Polypodiaceae
Genus
Pleopeltis
Species
tridens
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Polypodium tridens Kunze (POWO, 2022).
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
- Jaramillo, P. Guézou, A., Mauchamp, A. & Tye, A. (2014) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Ferns and related groups Jaramillo, P., Guézou, A., Mauchamp, A. & Tye, A. (2014). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Ferns and related groups. In: Bungartz, F., Herrera, H., Jaramillo, P., Tirado, N., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Ruiz, D., Guézou, A. & Ziemmeck, F. (eds.). Charles Darwin Foundation Galapagos Species Checklist. Puerto Ayora, Galápagos: FCD.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
- Smith, A.R. Tejero-Díez, J.D. (2014) Pleopeltis (Polypodiaceae), a redifinition of the genus and nomenclatural novelties. Smith, A.R. & Tejero-Díez, J.D. (2014). Pleopeltis (Polypodiaceae), a redifinition of the genus and nomenclatural novelties. Botanical Sciences, 92(1), 43-58.
- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pleopeltis tridens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20426. Accessed 2 November 2026.