Clades:
Polypodiales;
Polypodiidae;
Polypodianae;
Pteridophyta;
Plants.
Members: 11 genera: Microgramma, Neurodium, Pecluma, Phlebodium, Pleopeltis, Pleurosoriopsis, Polypodium, Synammia, Xiphopteris.
Habitat: wet climates, rain forests.
Plant theoryPolypodioideae is a subfamily in
Polypodiaceae. It is treated as a family in the order
Polypodiales and placed in subphase 4. There is homeopathic confirmation for this placement. Included are the groups around Pleopeltis, Pecluma and Phlebodium. Together they form a monophyletic clade.
In some other analyses Campyloneuron, Serpocaulon and Niphidium are found to be more close to
Polypodioideae than to Grammitoideae.
BotanyFerns; epiphytes, some terrestrial, or epipetric in temperate zones.
Rizome: scaly; creeping in nature.
Stem: erect to long-creeping.
Leaves: entire, pinnatifid, or variously forked or pinnate; petioles lack stipules.
Stages Remedies1
Polypodium cambricum8
Polypodium vulgare9
Colysis wrightii11
Phlebodium aureum11
Polypodium thunbergianum14
Polypodium interjectum15
Polyopdium virginianum17
Polypodium scoulerix
Pecluma dulcisx
Pleopeltis angustax
Pleurosoriopsis makinoix
Polypodium virginianum