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Amauropelta
Amauropelta is a monophyletic genus of fern, the largest within the Thelypteridaceae family, with 233 species (Almeida et al. 2016; Salino et al. 2015; Fawcett & Smith 2021). The center of diversity of the genus is in the Neotropics, but the earliest-divergent lineages are from the Old World.
60 branches of this group, most-observed first

Amauropelta argentina
speciesAmauropelta argentina

Amauropelta sancta
speciesAmauropelta sancta

Bergius's Wood Fern
speciesAmauropelta bergiana

globular maiden fern
speciesAmauropelta globulifera

Amauropelta balbisii
speciesAmauropelta balbisii

Glandular maiden fern
speciesAmauropelta resinifera

red maiden fern
speciesAmauropelta rudis

Knysna Wood Fern
speciesAmauropelta knysnaensis

Amauropelta germaniana
speciesAmauropelta germaniana

Amauropelta decurtata
speciesAmauropelta decurtata

Amauropelta pteroidea
speciesAmauropelta pteroidea

Amauropelta pusilla
speciesAmauropelta pusilla

Amauropelta rivularioides
speciesAmauropelta rivularioides

Amauropelta opposita
speciesAmauropelta opposita

Amauropelta rufa
speciesAmauropelta rufa

Amauropelta gracilis
speciesAmauropelta gracilis

Amauropelta oligocarpa
speciesAmauropelta oligocarpa

Amauropelta pilosula
speciesAmauropelta pilosula

Amauropelta heteroptera
speciesAmauropelta heteroptera

Amauropelta deflexa
speciesAmauropelta deflexa

Amauropelta longicaulis
speciesAmauropelta longicaulis

Amauropelta inaequans
speciesAmauropelta inaequans

Amauropelta burkartii
speciesAmauropelta burkartii

Amauropelta amambayensis
speciesAmauropelta amambayensis
Amauropelta cinerea
speciesAmauropelta cinerea

Amauropelta cornuta
speciesAmauropelta cornuta

Amauropelta fluminalis
speciesAmauropelta fluminalis
Amauropelta glandulosolanosa
speciesAmauropelta glandulosolanosa

Amauropelta strigosa
speciesAmauropelta strigosa

Amauropelta linkiana
speciesAmauropelta linkiana

Amauropelta piedrensis
speciesAmauropelta piedrensis
Amauropelta aspidioides
speciesAmauropelta aspidioides
Amauropelta funckii
speciesAmauropelta funckii
Amauropelta strigillosa
speciesAmauropelta strigillosa

Amauropelta achalensis
speciesAmauropelta achalensis

Amauropelta cheilanthoides
speciesAmauropelta cheilanthoides
Amauropelta appressa
speciesAmauropelta appressa

Amauropelta araucariensis
speciesAmauropelta araucariensis

Amauropelta concinna
speciesAmauropelta concinna
Amauropelta salazica
speciesAmauropelta salazica
Cordillera Maiden Fern
speciesAmauropelta inabonensis

Amauropelta rupestris
speciesAmauropelta rupestris

Amauropelta antillana
speciesAmauropelta antillana
Amauropelta semilunata
speciesAmauropelta semilunata
Amauropelta uncinata
speciesAmauropelta uncinata

Amauropelta caucaensis
speciesAmauropelta caucaensis

Amauropelta consanguinea
speciesAmauropelta consanguinea

Amauropelta namaphila
speciesAmauropelta namaphila

Amauropelta mombachensis
speciesAmauropelta mombachensis
Amauropelta gracilenta
speciesAmauropelta gracilenta

Amauropelta hydrophila
speciesAmauropelta hydrophila
Amauropelta stierii
speciesAmauropelta stierii
Amauropelta andicola
speciesAmauropelta andicola
Amauropelta elegantula
speciesAmauropelta elegantula
Amauropelta pachyrhachis
speciesAmauropelta pachyrhachis
Amauropelta recumbens
speciesAmauropelta recumbens
Amauropelta corazonensis
speciesAmauropelta corazonensis

Amauropelta sunduei
speciesAmauropelta sunduei
Amauropelta rustica
speciesAmauropelta rustica
Amauropelta supina
speciesAmauropelta supina
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1294950.