Hybrids of Northern Temperate Polypodium Species


Species are listed in the left-hand column by letters, which also appear in the column headings. The column headed by an asterisk denotes those species which have hybrid origins, and gives the number of that hybrid.


Table of diploid Polypodium species


 

 

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.

a. Polypodium amorphum


Suksdorf

 

 

 

 

     2

     3

b. Polypodium appalachianum

Haufler & Windham

 

 

 

 

     5

     4

c. Polypodium californicum

Kaulfuss

 

 

 

 

    1

 

d. Polypodium cambricum*

Linnaeus


 

 

 

 

 

 

e. Polypodium glycyrrhiza

D. C. Eaton

     2

     5

     1

 

 

 

f. Polypodium sibiricum

Siplivinskij

     3

     4

 

 

 

 

*also see #16


Primary hybrids: These are all tetraploids

1. Polypodium calirhiza S. A. Whitmore & A. R. Smith: P. glycyrrhiza x P. californicum (see #11)

2. Polypodium hesperium Maxon: P. glycyrrhiza x P. amorphum (see #11)

3. Polypodium saximontanum Windham: P. amorphum x P. sibiricum

4. Polypodium virginianum Linnaeus: P. appalachianum x P. sibiricum (see #13)

5. Polypodium vulgare Linnaeus: P. appalachianum x P. glycyrrhiza (see #12, #14, #15)


Secondary hybrids

11. Polypodium xaztecum Windham & Yatsk.: P. hesperium x ?P. calirhiza: allotetraploid

12. Polypodium xfont-queri Rothm. : P. cambricum x P. vulgare: ?allotriploid (see #14)

13. Polypodium xincognitum Cusick: P. appalachianum x P. virginianum: allotriploid

14. Polypodium interjectum Shivas: P. cambricum x P. vulgare: hexaploid (see #12, #15, #16)

15. Polypodium xmantoniae (Rothm.) Shivas: P. interjectum x P. vulgare: allopentaploid

16. Polypodium xshivasiae Rothm. : P. cambricum x P. interjectum, allotetraploid