Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Megalastrum pleiosoros
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Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Pteridophyta
Class
Pteridopsida
Order
Dryopteridales
Family
Dryopteridaceae
Genus
Megalastrum
Species
pleiosoros
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Ctenitis pleiosoros (Hook. f.) C.V. Morton, Dryopteris pleiosoros (Hook. f.) Svenson, Polypodium pleiosoros Hook.f. fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010). In Robinson as Nephrodium villosum and as Polypodium pleiosorum
Origin: Endemic
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"Galapagos Species Database, Megalastrum pleiosoros", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=45. Accessed 25 June 2025.