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Resurrection Fern

Ferns and Fern Allies

Resurrection fern, Pleopeltis polypodioides, is a small epiphytic fern of the family Polypodiaceae native to the Americas and Africa, commonly seen growing on the bark of live oak and other large trees across the southeastern United States. It earns its common name from its extreme desiccation tolerance, curling up and appearing shriveled and brown during dry periods, only to unfurl and turn green again within hours of receiving rain, a survival strategy that lets it persist through repeated drought as an epiphyte with no soil access.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Scientific Name
Doryopteris concolor 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Pteridophyta, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Resurrection Fern
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Alagoas

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Amazonia

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Bahia

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Guangdong

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Mato Grosso

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Minas Gerais

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Parana

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Pernambuco

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Rio de Janeiro

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Rio Grande do Sul

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Santa Catarina

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Pleopeltis
Wikipedia
  • lead paragraph (habitat realm), EntityId 316735
    They are epiphytic, epipetric (growing on rocks), or rarely terrestrial ferns, with a creeping, densely hairy or scaly rhizome bearing fronds at intervals along its length.
  • Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
    Pleopeltis is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Polypodioideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).
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2. GBIF Species API
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3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Polypodiales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12392
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12392
"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"
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4. Wikidata: Resurrection Fern
Child Taxon Of: Pteridophyta, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ11179077, descriptionView the Source
Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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