Polypodium vulgare L.
(Polypody)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPolypodium vulgare (Polypody)
GenusPolypodium (polypodies)
FamilyPOLYPODIACEAE (polypodies)
OrderPOLYPODIALES (an order of ferns)
ClassPOLYPODIOPSIDA (a class of ferns)
PhylumPTERIDOPHYTA (ferns and allies)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Polypodium vulgare (Polypody) :
1: Polypodium vulgare (Polypody)
11 Jul 1999 OSGR: SU39 51° 40’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on top of garden wall
Image 1: Sporangia showing row of indurated cellsImage 2: SporangiumImage 3: Sporangium (2)Image 4: Sporangium (3)Image 5: Sporangium (4)Image 6: Sporangium (5)Image 7: Sporangium (6)Image 8: Sporangium (7)Image 9: Sporangium (8)Image 10: Sporangium (9)Image 11: Sporangium (10)Image 12: Sporangium (11)Image 13: Sporangium (12)Image 14: Sporangium and sporesImage 15: Spore - attachmentImage 16: Spore - lateral viewImage 17: SporesImage 18: Spore - two views at different levels of focus
2: Polypodium vulgare (Polypody)
25 Jan 1975 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
on tree bole
Image 1: Fronds - close-upImage 2: Sori - magnified

Polypodium vulgare (Polypody) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Polypodium vulgare (Polypody)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Polypodium vulgare (Polypody)
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