Hypolepis (plant)


Hypolepis is a genus of ferns described as a genus in 1806. The word is derived from Greek, meaning "under scale". It is found in tropical and subtropical regions, primarily in the New World but also in the Old World and on various oceanic islands.

List of species

, the following species are accepted in the genus as currently circumscribed by the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World:Hypolepis acantha Schwartsb.Hypolepis amaurorachis Hook.Hypolepis ambigua Brownsey & ChinnockHypolepis aspidioides ChristHypolepis bamleriana Rosenst.Hypolepis barringtonii Schwartsb.Hypolepis blepharochlaena Mickel & BeitelHypolepis bogotensis H.Karst. ex Mett.Hypolepis crassa MaxonHypolepis cubensis Schwartsb.Hypolepis dicksonioides Hook.Hypolepis ditrichomatis R.C.MoranHypolepis ekmanii MaxonHypolepis elegans Carruth.Hypolepis feeana Schwartsb.Hypolepis fimbriata Maxon ex ProctorHypolepis flexuosa SodiroHypolepis forzzae Schwartsb.Hypolepis galapagensis Schwartsb. & J.PradoHypolepis glabrescens ChingHypolepis glandulosopilosa H.G.Zhou & H.LiHypolepis grandis LellingerHypolepis guianensis KlotzschHypolepis hawaiiensis BrownseyHypolepis hostilis C.PreslHypolepis jamaicensis Maxon ex ProctorHypolepis javensis comb.ined., currently known as Hypolepis alpina Hook.Hypolepis krameri Schwartsb., Boudrie & CremersHypolepis lellingeri A.RojasHypolepis malesiana BrownseyHypolepis melanochlaena A.R.Sm.Hypolepis microchlaena Mickel & BeitelHypolepis millefolium Hook.Hypolepis minima M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.Hypolepis miodelii Schwartsb.Hypolepis mitis Kunze ex KuhnHypolepis moraniana A.RojasHypolepis muelleri Wakef.Hypolepis muenchii MickelHypolepis nuda Mett. ex KuhnHypolepis obtusata KuhnHypolepis pallida Hook.Hypolepis parallelogramma C.PreslHypolepis pedropaloensis Schwartsb. & J.PradoHypolepis periculosa Schwartsb.Hypolepis poeppigii R.Rodr.Hypolepis polypodioides Hook.Hypolepis pteroides Mett.Hypolepis punctata Mett. ex KuhnHypolepis repens C.PreslHypolepis resistens Hook.Hypolepis rigescens T.MooreHypolepis rugosula J.Sm.Hypolepis scandens M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.Hypolepis sparsisora KuhnHypolepis stolonifera FéeHypolepis stuebelii Hieron.Hypolepis sunduei Schwartsb.Hypolepis tenera ChingHypolepis tenerrima MaxonHypolepis tenuifolia Bernh.Hypolepis thysanochlaena Mickel & BeitelHypolepis trichobacilliformis R.C.MoranHypolepis trichochlaena Mickel & BeitelHypolepis trinationalis Schwartsb.Hypolepis urbanii BrauseHypolepis viscosa Mett.Hypolepis woodii Schwartsb.Hypolepis zimmerae Schwartsb.Hypolepis ×glabra H.Karst. ex Schwartsb. & J.PradoHypolepis ×paulistana Schwartsb. & J.Prado