Polypodiaceae is the family of ferns. It is from the order of Polypodiales. Polypodiaceae includes about 65 genera and about 1,650 species. The members are widely distributed around the world. They are usually found in wet environments such as rainforests. The plants from this family usually share characteristics like spore-producing structures or sporangia or the banks of thick-walled cells or annulus. The stems could be erect or trailing. The petioles lack stipules. Many are epiphytes (growing on other plants rather than in soil). Polypodiaceae members usually have hair on their stems and leaves, they are rhizomatous and have similar growth habits.
Other synonyms for the Polypodiaceae include:
Drynariaceae
Grammitidaceae
Gymnogrammitidaceae
Loxogrammaceae
Platyceriaceae
Pleurisoriopsidaceae
Genera in the Polypodiaceae include:
Acrosorus
Adenophorus
Aglaomorpha
Aglaonaria
Alansmia
Alcicornium
Amphoradenium
Anapausia
Anapeltis
Anarthropteris
Anaxetum
Apalophlebia
Arthromeris
Ascogrammitis
Belvisia
Calymmodon
Campylogramma
Campyloneurum
Candollea
Caobangia
Ceradenia
Cheilogramma
Cheiropteris
Christiopteris
Chrysogrammitis
Chrysopteris
Cochlidium
Colysis
Craspedaria
Crypsinopsis
Crypsinus
Cryptosorus
Ctenopterella
Ctenopteris
Cyclophorus
Cyrtophlebium
Dasygrammitis
Dendroconche
Dendroglossa
Diblemma
Dicranoglossum
Dictymia
Drymoglossum
Drymotaenium
Drynaria
Drynariopsis
Dryostachyum
Enterosora
Epidryopteris
Eschatogramme
Galeoglossa
Glyphotaenium
Goniophlebium
Grammatopteridium
Grammatopteris
Grammitis
Gymnogrammitis
Gyrosorium
Hemistachyum
Himalayopteris
Holcosorus
Holostachyum
Hyalolepis
Hymenolepis
Kaulinia
Kontumia
Lecanopteris
Lellingeria
Lemmaphyllum
Lepicystis
Lepidogrammitis
Lepidomicrosorium
Lepisorus
Leptochilus
Leucotrichum
Lomaphlebia
Lopholepis
Loxogramme
Luisma
Macroplethus
Marginaria
Mecosorus
Melpomene
Merinthosorus
Metapolypodium
Microgramma
Micropolypodium
Micropteris
Microsorum
Microterus
Moranopteris
Myrmecophila
Myrmecopteris
Nematopteris
Neocheiropteris
Neolepisorus
Nesoris
Neurodium
Neuroplatyceros
Nevrodium
Niphidium
Niphobolus
Nistarika
Oetosis
Oleandropsis
Oreogrammitis
Paltonium
Paragramma
Paraleptochilus
Paraselliguea
Pecluma
Pessopteris
Phlebodium
Photinopteris
Phymatopsis
Phymatopteris
Phymatosorus
Pichisermollia
Pichisermollodes
Platycerium
Platygyria
Plectopteris
Pleopeltis
Pleopodium
Pleuridium
Pleurogramme
Pleurosoriopsis
Podosorus
Polypodiastrum
Polypodiodes
Polypodiopsis
Polypodiopteris
Polypodium
Prosaptia
Pseudocolysis
Pseudodrynaria
Psygmium
Pteropsis
Pycnoloma
Pyrrosia
Radiogrammitis
Saxiglossum
Schellolepis
Scleroglossum
Scytopteris
Selliguea
Serpocaulon
Solanopteris
Sphaerostichum
Stenofilix
Stenogrammitis
Synammia
Terpsichore
Thayeria
Themelium
Thylacopteris
Tomophyllum
Tricholepidium
Weatherbya
Xiphopterella
Xiphopteris
Zygophlebia
