Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pleopeltis macrocarpa (Willd.) Kaulf. [Polypodiaceae]
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Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
tlalquequetzal	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 34 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pleopeltis lanceolata Kaulf. Enum. Filic.: 245 (1824).
Pleopeltis lanceolata (L.) C.Presl Tent. Pterid.: 193 (1936), nom. illeg.
Polypodium lanceolatum L. Sp. Pl.: 1082 (1753).
Drynaria compacta Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 270 (1852).
Drynaria lepidota (Willd. ex Schltdl.) Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 270 (1852).
Drynaria macrocarpa (Willd.) Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 270 (1852).
Grammitis araucana Phil. Linnaea 33: 304 (1865).
Grammitis robusta Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 94: 358 (1896).
Lepicystis lanceolata (L.) Diels in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1(4): 323 (1899).
Lepicystis macrocarpa (Willd.) Paxton & Lindl. Pocket Bot. Dict., ed. 2(Suppl.): 42 (1849).
Lepisorus macrocarpa (Willd.) Ching ex R.D.Dixit Census Indian Pteridophytes: 41 (1984).
Marginaria lanceolata (L.) Herter Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 131 (1940).
Marginaria macrocarpa (Willd.) B.K.Nayar & S.Kaur Companion Handb. Ferns Brit. India: 86 (1974).
Niphobolus lanceolatus (L.) Keyserl. Polyp. Herb. Bunge: 39 (1873).
Phlebodium lanceolatum (L.) J.Sm. J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 59 (1841).
Phlebodium macrocarpum (Willd.) J.Sm. J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 59 (1841).
Pleopeltis corcovadensis C.Presl Tent. Pterid.: 193 (1836), nom. nud.
Pleopeltis ensifolia Carmich. ex Hook. Exot. Fl. 1: t. 62 (1823).
Pleopeltis helenae C.Presl Tent. Pterid.: 193 (1836), nom. nud.
Pleopeltis kaulfussiana C.Presl Tent. Pterid.: 193 (1836), nom. superfl.
Pleopeltis lepidota (Willd. ex Schltdl.) C.Presl Tent. Pterid.: 193 (1836).
Pleopeltis linearis Kaulf. Enum. Filic.: 246 (1824).
Pleopeltis marginalis Kaulf. Berlin. Jahrb. Pharm. Verbundenen Wiss. 21: 41 (1820).
Polypodium adspersum Schrad. Gött. Gel. Anz. 1818: 915 (1818).
Polypodium lanceolatum var. araucanum (Phil.) Looser Revista Univ. (Santiago) 36: 71 (1952).
Polypodium lanceolatum var. sinuatum Sim Ferns S. Afr.: 202 (1892).
Polypodium lepidotum Willd. ex Schltdl. Adumbr. Pl.: 17 (1825).
Polypodium lepidotum var. angustifolium Schltdl. Adumbr. Pl. 2: 17 (1825).
Polypodium lepidotum var. latifolium Kunze Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 3: 281 (1845).
Polypodium lepidotum var. macrocarpum (Willd.) Kunze Linnaea 23: 280 (1850).
Polypodium macrocarpum Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 5: 147 (1810).
Polypodium marginale Bory ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 5: 149 (1810), nom. illeg.
Polypodium zeyheri Siebold Exsicc. (Syn. Fil.): n.° 135.
Pyrrosia macrocarpa (Willd.) Kaulf. Enum. Filic.: 245 (1824).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pleopeltis lanceolata (Linn.) Kaulf	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Pleopeltis lanceolata L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Pleopeltis macrocarpa (Bory ex Willd.) Kaulf.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pleopeltis macrocarpa (Willd.) Kaulf	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Pleopeltis macrocarpa (Willd.) Kaulf.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Polypodium lanceolatum	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Polypodium lanceolatum L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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