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Polypodium pellucidum Kaulf. var. vulcanicum Skottsb.
Dotted polypody
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Pteridophyta | Ferns |
| Class | Filicopsida | “Leptosporangiate” (has to do with how their spores form) ferns—includes most ferns |
| Order | Polypodiales | Polypod ferns |
| Family | Polypodiaceae | Polypod ferns, many of which are epiphytes—they grow on other plants without harming them |
| Genus | Polypodium | From Greek polus, “many,” and podos, “foot” |
| Species | pellucidum | |
| var. | vulcanicum | |
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Polypodium pellucidum var. vulcanicum description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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3/9/2001 · Volcano National Park, Kilauea, Hawaii  ID is uncertain 
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