Polypodium pellucidum var. vulcanicum (Dotted polypody)

3/9/2001 · Volcano National Park, Kilauea, Hawaii ID is uncertain

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
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

Polypodium pellucidum var. vulcanicum description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.