Appendix 1

Accepted names of Pleopeltis species, combinations previously published

Pleopeltis alborufula (Brade) Salino, Amer. Fern J. 99:1G6. 2GG9. - Brazil (Est. Espirito Santo).

Pleopeltis angusta Humb. S Bonpl. ex Willd., Sp. pl. 5:211. 181G. var. angusta - SW Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua (Mickel and Smith, 2GG4).

Pleopeltis angusta Humb. S Bonpl. ex Willd. var. stenoloma (Fée) Farw., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12:297. 1931. - E Mexico, Guatemala (Mickel and Smith, 2GG4).

Pleopeltis appressa M.Kessler S A.R.Sm., Candollea 6G:273(-274, 284), f. 1D-G. 2GG5. - Bolivia (Kessler and Smith, 2GG5), Ecuador.

Pleopeltis astrolepis (Liebm.) E.Fourn., Mexic. pl. 1:87. 1872. - S Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador?, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, S Florida, Antilles (Weatherby, 1922; Mickel and Smith, 2GG4).

Pleopeltis ballivianii (Rosenst.) A.R.Sm., Candollea 6G:281. 2GG5. - Bolivia.

Pleopeltis bombycina (Maxon) A.R.Sm., Candollea 6G:281. 2GG5. - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Bolivia, W Brazil (de la Sota, 1966).

Pleopeltis bradei (de la Sota) Salino, Amer. Fern J. 99:1G6. 2GG9. - SE Brazil (de la Sota, 1966).

Pleopeltis bryopoda (Maxon) de la Sota, Darwiniana 45:239. 2GG7. - Bolivia, NW Argentina; closely related to Pleopeltis pycnocarpa (C.Chr.) A.R.Sm. and P. pinnatifida Gillies ex Hook. S Grev., but seemingly distinct (Maxon, 1916; de la Sota, 2GG7); however, see discussion under the latter.

Pleopeltis buchtienii (Christ S Rosenst.) A.R.Sm., Candollea 6G:281. 2GG5. - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia.

Pleopeltis coenosora R.C.Moran, Novon 2G:311 (-313), f. 1-2. 2G1G. - Peru.

Pleopeltis complanata (Weath.) E.A.Hooper, Amer. Fern J. 85:76. 1995 - Costa Rica, Panama (Weatherby, 1922).

Pleopeltis conzattii (Weath.) R.M.Tryon S A.F.Tryon, Rhodora 84:129. 1982 - SW Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca) (Weatherby, 1922; Mickel and Smith, 2GG4).

Pleopeltis crassinervata (Fée) T.Moore, Index fil. 345. 1862. - E Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica (Weatherby, 1922; Mickel and Smith, 2GG4).

Pleopeltis desvauxii (Klotzsch) Salino, Amer. Fern J. 99:1G7. 2GG9. - Lesser Antilles (St. Vincent), Trinidad, Guianas, E Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil.

Pleopeltis disjuncta M.Kessler S A.R.Sm., Candollea 6G:274, f. 2A-C. 2GG5. - Peru, Bolivia.

Pleopeltis fallax (Schltdl. S Cham.) Mickel S Beitel, Amer. Fern J. 77: 21. 1987. [Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 46:287. 1988.] - E Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica (Maxon, 1916; Mickel and Smith, 2GG4).

Pleopeltis fraseri (Mett. ex Kuhn) A.R.Sm., Candollea 6G:281. 2GG5. - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia.

Pleopeltis fructuosa (Maxon S Weath.) Lellinger, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 89:722. 1977. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, W Venezuela? (Weatherby, 1922).

Pleopeltis guttata (Maxon) E.G.Andrews S Windham, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 19:46. 1993. - Mexico (Maxon, 1916; Mickel and Smith, 2GG4).

Pleopeltis hirsutissima (Raddi) de la Sota, Darwiniana 45:239. 2GG7. - Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, NE Argentina (de la Sota, 1966, 2GG7).

Pleopeltis intermedia M.Kessler S A.R.Sm., Candollea 6G:275 (-277, 285), f. 2D-G. 2GG5. - Bolivia, Peru.

Pleopeltis lepidopteris (Langsd. S Fisch.) de la Sota, Darwiniana 45:239. 2GG7. - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay (de la Sota, 1966).

Pleopeltis macrocarpa (Bory ex Willd.) Kaulf., Berlin Jahrb. Pharm. 21:41. 182G. - Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Suriname, French Guiana, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, Antilles, Africa, Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka (Mickel and Smith, 2GG4).

Pleopeltis masafuerae (Phil.) de la Sota, Darwiniana 45:239. 2GG7. - Chile (Juan Fernandez Isl.)

Pleopeltis megalolepis (Maxon S C.V. Morton) A.R.Sm., Candollea 6G:281. 2GG5. - Peru, Bolivia.

Pleopeltis mexicana (Fée) Mickel S Beitel, Amer. Fern J. 77:21. 1987. - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua (Mickel and Smith, 2GG4).

Pleopeltis minarum (Weath.) Salino, Amer. Fern J. 99:1G7. 2GG9. - SE Brazil (Minas Gerais) (de la Sota, 1966; Salino, 2GG9).

Pleopeltis minima (Bory) J.Prado S R.Y.Hirai, Amer. Fern J. 1GG:191. 2G1G [2G11]. - Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (Prado and Hirai, 2G1G).

Pleopeltis monoides (Weath.) Salino, Amer. Fern J. 99:1G7. 2GG9. - E Brazil (Bahia, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais) (de la Sota, 1966; Salino, 2GG9).

Pleopeltis muenchii (Christ) A.R.Sm., Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 4G: 23G. 1975 ["munchii"]. - S Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador (Mickel and Smith, 2GG4).

Pleopeltis oreophila Sundue, Amer. Fern J. 97:11G(-111), f. 1, E-H. 2GG7. - Peru (Sundue, 2GG7).

Pleopeltis orientalis Sundue, Amer. Fern J. 97:1G7(-11G), f. 1, A-D. 2GG7. - Colombia (Sundue, 2GG7).

Pleopeltis panamensis (Weath.) Pic.Serm., Webbia 23:189. 1968. - Panama (Weatherby, 1922; Lellinger, 1989).

Pleopeltis pinnatifida Gillies ex Hook. S Grev., Icon. filic. t. 157. 1829. Said to have come from "El Cerro del Morro, San Luis, Provincia Bonariae" [Argentina, Prov. San Luis], and if so, this species is possibly synonymous with either Pleopeltis bryopoda (Maxon) A.R.Sm., which see, in Appendix 1. If conspecific with this, it is an earlier name (de la Sota, 196G). - Argentina, Bolivia; because of uncertainty in circumscription of this taxon, visà-vis related species, we do not adopt the name here.

Pleopeltis pleopeltidis (Fée) de la Sota, Darwiniana 45:239. 2GG7. - S Brazil.

Pleopeltis pleopeltifolia (Raddi) Alston, Bol. Soc. Brot., ser. 2, 3G:21. 1956. - S Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay (Ponce, 1996).

Pleopeltis polylepis (A.Roem. ex Kunze) T.Moore var. polylepis, Ind. filic. 348. 1862. - Mexico (Weatherby, 1922; Mickel and Smith, 2GG4).

Pleopeltis polylepis (A.Roem. ex Kunze) T.Moore var. erythrolepis (Weath.) T.Wendt, Amer. Fern J. 7G:9. 198G. - U.S.A. (Texas), NW Mexico (Weatherby, 1922; Mickel and Smith, 2GG4).

Pleopeltis polylepis (A.Roem. ex Kunze) T.Moore var. interjecta (Weath.) E.A.Hooper, Amer. Fern J. 85:79. 1995. - SE Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador (Hooper, 1994, 1995; Mickel and Smith, 2GG4).

Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) E.G.Andrews S Windham var. polypodioides, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 19:46. 1993. - SE U.S.A., Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Antilles (Mickel and Smith, 2GG4).

Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) E.G.Andrews S Windham var. acicularis (Weath.) E.G.Andrews S Windham, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 19:46. 1993. - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama (Mickel and Smith, 2GG4).

Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) E.G.Andrews S Windham var.

burchellii (Baker) A.R.Sm., Candollea 6G:281. 2GG5. - Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil.

Pleopeltis polypodioides (L.) E.G.Andrews S Windham var. michauxiana (Weath.) E.G.Andrews S Windham, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 19:46. 1993. - SE U.S.A., E Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Antilles, Bahamas (Moran, 1995; Mickel and Smith, 2GG4).

Pleopeltis pycnocarpa (C.Chr.) A.R.Sm., Candollea 6G:282. 2GG5. - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile (Maxon, 1916).

Pleopeltis remota (Desv.) A.R.Sm., Candollea 6G:282. 2GG5. - S Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Greater Antilles (Mickel and Smith, 2GG4).

Pleopeltis repanda A.R.Sm., Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 77:259, f. 3A-D. 199G. - E Venezuela, Guyana.

Pleopeltis riograndensis (T.Wendt) E.G.Andrews S Windham, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 19:46. 1993. - SW U.S.A. (Arizona,Texas), N Mexico (Wendt, 198G; Mickel and Smith, 2GG4).

Pleopeltis squamata (L.) J.Sm., Hist. fil. 114. 1875. - Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico (de la Sota, 1966).

Pleopeltis stolzei A.R.Sm., Candollea 6G:282. 2GG5. - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia.

Pleopeltis subvestita (Maxon) A.R.Sm., Candollea 6G:282. 2GG5. - Bolivia (Maxon, 1916); closely related to Pleopeltis pycnocarpa (C.Chr.) A.R.Sm.

Pleopeltis thyssanolepis (A.Braun ex Klotzsch) E.G.Andrews S Windham, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 19:46. 1993. - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Mickel and Smith, 2GG4).

Pleopeltis tridens (Kunze) J.Sm., Hist. fil. 114. 1875. - Ecuador (islas Galápagos) (de la Sota, 1966).

Pleopeltis trindadensis (Brade) Salino, Amer. Fern J. 99:1G7. 2GG9. - Brazil (Ilha de Trindade, E Espirito Santo) (de la Sota, 1966; Salino, 2GG9).

Pleopeltis tweediana (Hook.) A.R.Sm., Candollea 6G:282. 2GG5. - Bolivia, Argentina (Maxon, 1916).

Pleopeltis wiesbaurii (Sodiro) Lellinger, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.89:723. 1977. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador.

Hybrids

Pleopeltis xmelanoneuron Mickel S Beitel, Amer. Fern J. 77:25, f. 2K. 1987 = Pleopeltis crassinervata x fallax - Mexico.

Pleopeltis ×simiana (Schelpe S N.C.Anthony) N.R.Crouch S Klopper, Bothalia 4G:1G2. 2G1G - South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Pleopeltis ×sordidula (Maxon S Weath.) Mickel S Beitel, Amer. Fern J. 77:21. 1987 = Pleopeltis astrolepis x fallax - Mexico.