
Beadferns
Hypolepis
Hypolepis (beadfern) is a genus of ferns described as a genus in 1806. The word is derived from Greek, meaning "under scale". It is found in tropical and subtropical regions, primarily in the New World but also in the Old World and on various oceanic islands.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

common pig fern
speciesHypolepis ambigua

Harsh Ground-fern
speciesHypolepis muelleri
Thousand Leaved Fern
speciesHypolepis millefolium

Hypolepis punctata
speciesHypolepis punctata

Ruddy ground fern
speciesHypolepis rugosula

False Bracken
speciesHypolepis sparsisora
Giant hypolepis
speciesHypolepis dicksonioides
Sticky Pig Fern
speciesHypolepis rufobarbata

Downy Ground-fern
speciesHypolepis glandulifera

Bramble-fern
speciesHypolepis poeppigii

Hypolepis lactea
speciesHypolepis lactea

Creeping Bramble Fern
speciesHypolepis barringtonii

Sticky Bracken
speciesHypolepis villosa-viscida

Hypolepis alpina
speciesHypolepis alpina

Hypolepis tenuifolia
speciesHypolepis tenuifolia

Hypolepis polypodioides
speciesHypolepis polypodioides

creeping bramble fern
speciesHypolepis repens

Hypolepis hawaiiensis
speciesHypolepis hawaiiensis

Hypolepis elegans
speciesHypolepis elegans

Hypolepis hostilis
speciesHypolepis hostilis

Hypolepis amaurorhachis
speciesHypolepis amaurorhachis

Hypolepis viscosa
speciesHypolepis viscosa

Hypolepis trichochlaena
speciesHypolepis trichochlaena

Hypolepis pallida
speciesHypolepis pallida

Hypolepis bogotensis
speciesHypolepis bogotensis

Hypolepis melanochlaena
speciesHypolepis melanochlaena

Hypolepis ambigua × rufobarbata
hybridHypolepis ambigua × rufobarbata

Hypolepis malesiana
speciesHypolepis malesiana
Hypolepis nuda
speciesHypolepis nuda
Hypolepis parallelogramma
speciesHypolepis parallelogramma

Hypolepis muenchii
speciesHypolepis muenchii

Hypolepis tenerrima
speciesHypolepis tenerrima
Hypolepis resistens
speciesHypolepis resistens
Hypolepis glabrescens
speciesHypolepis glabrescens
Hypolepis rigescens
speciesHypolepis rigescens

Hypolepis blepharochlaena
speciesHypolepis blepharochlaena
Hypolepis thysanochlaena
speciesHypolepis thysanochlaena
Hypolepis microchlaena
speciesHypolepis microchlaena
Hypolepis acantha
speciesHypolepis acantha
Hypolepis archboldii
speciesHypolepis archboldii
Hypolepis aspidioides
speciesHypolepis aspidioides
Hypolepis bamleriana
speciesHypolepis bamleriana
Hypolepis ditrichomatis
speciesHypolepis ditrichomatis
Hypolepis fimbriata
speciesHypolepis fimbriata
Hypolepis flexuosa
speciesHypolepis flexuosa
Hypolepis galapagensis
speciesHypolepis galapagensis
Hypolepis grandis
speciesHypolepis grandis
Hypolepis guianensis
speciesHypolepis guianensis
Hypolepis jamaicensis
speciesHypolepis jamaicensis
Hypolepis krameri
speciesHypolepis krameri
Hypolepis lellingeri
speciesHypolepis lellingeri
Hypolepis minima
speciesHypolepis minima
Hypolepis moraniana
speciesHypolepis moraniana
Hypolepis obtusata
speciesHypolepis obtusata
Hypolepis pedropaloensis
speciesHypolepis pedropaloensis
Hypolepis rubiginosopilosula
speciesHypolepis rubiginosopilosula
Hypolepis scandens
speciesHypolepis scandens
Hypolepis stolonifera
speciesHypolepis stolonifera
Hypolepis tenera
speciesHypolepis tenera
Hypolepis trichobacilliformis
speciesHypolepis trichobacilliformis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 142355.