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Polypodium vulgare, commonly known as rock polypody or golden maiden hair fern, is a species of plant in the family Polypodiaceae. It belongs to the genus Polypodium and is classified within the order Polypodiales, class Polypodiopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The taxon is also described as an epiphyte and serves as a source of food and medicinal plants.
The species has a recorded range in Xinjiang and has been introduced to New Zealand North and New Zealand South. Its conservation status is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List. Specimens and records are held by institutions such as IBUNAM, the University of Alberta Museums, ANSP, BRIT, and SHTC, with occurrences documented in countries including Mexico, Finland, the United States, Sweden, and Germany.
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Species
Least Concernrock polypody
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPolypodiopsida
- OrderPolypodiales
- FamilyPolypodiaceae
Common Name: golden maiden hair fern
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10,977
- With media
- 9,181
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, ANSP, BRIT, SHTC, DBG
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Finland, United States, Sweden, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom, Switzerland
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- epiphyte
- Parent taxon
- Polypodium
- Image
- Engelsüß HD.JPG
- Has use
- medicinal plant
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- Commons category
- Polypodium vulgare
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Polypodium vulgare
- Commons gallery
- Polypodium vulgare
- taxon common name
- navadna sladka koreninica
- this taxon is source of
- food plant
- short name
- P. vulgare
- taxon author citation
- Tzvelev
- taxon range
- Xinjiang
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Encyclopedic overview
Frond with round dark sori on the underside Sporangium showing the many thick-walled ('indurated') cells forming the backbone ('annulus') with 1 basal cell Frequently found on damp tree trunks Colony Sycamore covered entirely with the fern
Polypodium vulgare, the common polypody, is an evergreen fern of the family Polypodiaceae. The name is derived from Greek poly- ("many") and pous, podos ("foot"). Polypody has traditional uses in cooking for its aroma and sweet taste, and in herbal medicine as a purgative and vermifuge. This species is expansive and highly adapted to many environments.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Polypodium vulgare” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.