Hypolepis ( beadfern) is a genus of described as a genus in 1806.[Bernhardi, Johann Jakob. 1806. Neues Journal für die Botanik 1(2): 34][ Tropicos, Hypolepis Bernh.] The word is derived from Greek, meaning "under scale".[Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, page 310] It is found in tropical and subtropical regions, primarily in the New World but also in the Old World and on various oceanic islands.[ Flora of China Vol. 2-3 Page 152 姬蕨属 ji jue shu Hypolepis Bernhardi][ Flora of North America Vol. 2 Bramble ferns Hypolepis Bernhardi]
List of species
, the following species are accepted in the genus as currently circumscribed by the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World:
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Hypolepis acantha Schwartsb.
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Hypolepis amaurorachis (Kunze) Hook.
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Hypolepis ambigua (A.Rich.) Brownsey & Chinnock
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Hypolepis aspidioides Christ
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Hypolepis bamleriana Rosenst.
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Hypolepis barringtonii Schwartsb.
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Hypolepis blepharochlaena Mickel & Beitel
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Hypolepis bogotensis H.Karst. ex Mett.
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Hypolepis crassa Maxon
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Hypolepis cubensis Schwartsb.
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Hypolepis dicksonioides (Bory) Hook.
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Hypolepis ditrichomatis R.C.Moran
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Hypolepis ekmanii Maxon
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Hypolepis elegans Carruth.
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Hypolepis feeana Schwartsb.
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Hypolepis fimbriata Maxon ex Proctor
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Hypolepis flexuosa Sodiro
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Hypolepis forzzae Schwartsb.
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Hypolepis galapagensis Schwartsb. & J.Prado
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Hypolepis glabrescens Ching
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Hypolepis glandulosopilosa H.G.Zhou & H.Li
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Hypolepis grandis Lellinger
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Hypolepis guianensis Klotzsch
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Hypolepis hawaiiensis Brownsey
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Hypolepis hostilis (Kunze) C.Presl
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Hypolepis jamaicensis Maxon ex Proctor
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Hypolepis javensis (Willd.) comb.ined., currently known as Hypolepis alpina (Blume) Hook.
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Hypolepis krameri Schwartsb., Boudrie & Cremers
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Hypolepis lellingeri A.Rojas
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Hypolepis malesiana Brownsey
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Hypolepis melanochlaena A.R.Sm.
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Hypolepis microchlaena Mickel & Beitel
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Hypolepis millefolium Hook.
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Hypolepis minima M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.
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Hypolepis miodelii Schwartsb.
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Hypolepis mitis Kunze ex Kuhn
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Hypolepis moraniana A.Rojas
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Hypolepis muelleri Wakef.
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Hypolepis muenchii (Christ) Mickel
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Hypolepis nuda Mett. ex Kuhn
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Hypolepis obtusata (C.Presl) Kuhn
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Hypolepis pallida (Blume) Hook.
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Hypolepis parallelogramma (Kunze) C.Presl
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Hypolepis pedropaloensis Schwartsb. & J.Prado
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Hypolepis periculosa Schwartsb.
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Hypolepis poeppigii (Kunze) R.Rodr.
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Hypolepis polypodioides (Blume) Hook.
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Hypolepis pteroides Mett.
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Hypolepis punctata (Thunb. ex Murray) Mett. ex Kuhn
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Hypolepis repens (L.) C.Presl
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Hypolepis resistens (Kunze) Hook.
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Hypolepis rigescens (Kunze) T.Moore
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Hypolepis rugosula (Labill.) J.Sm.
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Hypolepis scandens M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.
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Hypolepis sparsisora (Schrad.) Kuhn
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Hypolepis stolonifera Fée
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Hypolepis stuebelii Hieron.
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Hypolepis sunduei Schwartsb.
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Hypolepis tenera Ching
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Hypolepis tenerrima Maxon
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Hypolepis tenuifolia (G.Forst.) Bernh.
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Hypolepis thysanochlaena Mickel & Beitel
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Hypolepis trichobacilliformis R.C.Moran
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Hypolepis trichochlaena Mickel & Beitel
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Hypolepis trinationalis Schwartsb.
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Hypolepis urbanii Brause
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Hypolepis viscosa (H.Karst.) Mett.
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Hypolepis woodii Schwartsb.
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Hypolepis zimmerae Schwartsb.
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Hypolepis ×glabra H.Karst. ex Schwartsb. & J.Prado
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Hypolepis ×paulistana Schwartsb. & J.Prado