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030.0000 Family Pteridaceae E.D.M.Kirchn.; Schul-Bot. 109 (1831)
48 genera, ca. 1350 spp. The family has been split extensively in smaller subgroups, but Smith et al. (2006) and PPG-I argue for keeping them together.
Species listed in database: 1405; hybrids: 68
= Acrostichaceae Mett. ex A.B.Frank; Syn. Pflanzenk., ed. 2, 3: 1458 (1877), nom. rej.
= Actiniopteridaceae Pic.Serm.; Webbia 17: 5 (1962)
= Adiantaceae Newman; Hist. Brit. Ferns 5 (1840) nom. cons. over Parkeriaceae (1825)
= Anopteraceae Doweld; Tent. Syst. Pl. Vasc. (Tracheophyta) 51 (2001)
= Antrophyaceae (Link) Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16: 11 (1978)
= Ceratopteridaceae Underw.; Native Ferns, ed. 6: 65, 78 (1900)
= Cheilanthaceae B.K.Nayar; Taxon 19: 233 (1970)
= Cryptogrammaceae Pic.Serm.; Webbia 17: 299 (1963)
= Hemionitidaceae Pic.Serm.; Webbia 21: 487 (1966)
= Negripteridaceae Pic.Serm.; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s. 53: 160 (1946)
= Parkeriaceae Hook.; Exot. Fl. 2: t. 147 (1825), nom. rej. in favor of Adiantaceae
= Platyzomataceae Nakai; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, 29: 4 (1950)
= Pteridaceae Reichenb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 138 (1837)
= Sinopteridaceae Koidz.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 3: 50 (1934)
= Taenitidaceae (C.Presl) Pic.Serm.; Webbia 29: 1 (1974)
= Vittariaceae Ching; Sunyatsenia 5: 232 (1940)
030.3036 Genus Cheilanthes Sw.; Syn. Fil. (Kiliae) [O.Swartz] 5: 126 (1806), nom. cons.
Distribution: Four disjunct centers in Australia/New Zealand (quite many), Sino-Himalayan (few), Andean South America (several) and SE-Brazil (few). One species in Mexico and several in Africa still listed here likely belong elsewhere.
Species listed in database: 35
= Neurosoria Mett. ex Kuhn; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 437 (1869)
species :
Cheilanthes adiantoides T.C.Chambers & P.A.Farrant; Telopea 4(3): 532 (1991)
Distribution: Australia (SW-Western Australia)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Hemionitis adiantoides (T.C.Chambers & P.A.Farrant) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 9 (2018)
species :
Cheilanthes angustifrondosa Alston; Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 1: 48, t. 2 (1952)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Mozambique
23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG MOZ ZAM
Remarks: of uncertain taxonomic position, unsampled in phylogenetic studies
Synonyms: hidden
= Hemionitis angustifrondosa (Alston) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 9 (2018)
species :
Cheilanthes arequipensis (Maxon) R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon; Rhodora 83(833): 133 (1981)
Distribution: Peru; Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman); Chile (Arica y Parinacota, Tarapacá)
83 PER 85 ARG CLE
Remarks: squamosa agg.
Synonyms: hidden
= Hemionitis arequipensis (Maxon) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 9 (2018)
= Notholaena arequipensis Maxon; Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 65(8): 9 (1915)
species :
Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia H.Quirk & T.C.Chambers; Austral. J. Bot. 31(5): 510 (1983)
Name: Rock fern (EN)
Distribution: Australia (Australian Capital Territory, SW-Western Australia, SE-New South Wales, S-South Australia, Victoria, Queensland)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Hemionitis austrotenuifolia (H.Quirk & T.C.Chambers) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 10 (2018)
species :
Cheilanthes boivinii Mett.; Filic. Afr. [Kuhn] 69 (1868)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Remarks: of uncertain taxonomic position, unsampled in phylogenetic studies
Synonyms: hidden
= Hemionitis aiuolae Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 9 (2018), nom. nov.
species :
Cheilanthes bolborrhiza Mickel & Beitel; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 46 [Pterid. Fl. Oaxaca]: 107 (1988)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca, Jalisco, Morelos, México State); El Salvador
79 MEX 80 ELS
Remarks: the species is placed by molecular results outside of Cheilanthes s. str. and probably needs a new genus close to Notholaena.
Synonyms: hidden
= Hemionitis bolborrhiza (Mickel & Beitel) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 10 (2018)
species :
Cheilanthes bonapartei J.P.Roux; Strelitzia 23: 180 (2009), nom. nov.
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Remarks: of uncertain taxonomic position, unsampled in phylogenetic studies
Synonyms: hidden
= Adiantopsis linearis Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 10: 185 (1920)
= Hemionitis bonapartei (J.P.Roux) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 10 (2018)
= Hemionitis linearis (Bonap.) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 17 (2018)
species :
Cheilanthes brownii (Desv.) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 86: 133, f. 26 (1913)
Name: Silver Cloak fern (EN)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Gymnogramma brownii (Desv.) Kuhn; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 458 (1869)
= Hemionitis brownii (Desv.) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 11 (2018)
= Notholaena brownii Desv.; Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 220 (1827)
= Notholaena vellea R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 146 (1810) (non (Aiton) Desv. 1813 nec Cheilanthes vellea (Aiton) F. Muell.)
species :
Cheilanthes caudata R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 156 (1810)
Distribution: Australia (N-Western Australia, Northern Territory, N-Queensland); ?New Caledonia
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes pinnatifida D.L.Jones; Austrobaileya 2(5): 472 (1988)
= Cheilanthes tenuifolia subsp. caudata (R.Br.) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20: 144 (1915)
= Cheilanthes tenuifolia var. diversiloba Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20: 144 (1915)
= Dicksonia caudata (R.Br.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] Suppl. 475 (1811)
= Hemionitis caudata (R.Br.) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 11 (2018)
species :
Cheilanthes contigua Baker; Syn. Fil. [W.J.Hooker & Baker], ed. 2: 476 (1874)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia (Northern Territory, Western Australia, Queensland)
42 NWG 50 AUS
Remarks: not in India or peninsular Malaysia
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes rotunda Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 4: 101 (1917)
= Cheilanthes tenuifolia subsp. contigua (Baker) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 85: (1915)
= Hemionitis contigua (Baker) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 12 (2018)
= Oeosporangium contiguum (Baker) Fraser-Jenk.; Annot. Checkl. Ind. Pterid. 2: 452 (2018), nom. inval.
species :
Cheilanthes distans (R.Br.) Mett.; Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. 3(1) [Aspl.]: 25, no. 19 (1859)
Name: Woolly Cloak fern, Bristly Cloak fern (EN)
Distribution: Sulawesi; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Lombok, Alor); New Guinea (Papua New Guinea); Australia (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia); Lord Howe Isl.; Norfolk Isl.; New Zealand (North Isl., South Isl.); New Caledonia
42 LSI NWG SUL 50 AUS LHI NFK 51 NZL 60 NWC
Synonyms: hidden
= Acrostichum distans (R.Br.) Sm.; Cycl. [A.Rees] (London ed.) 89, no. 25 (1819)
= Cheilanthes ambigua Brack.; U.S. Expl. Exped. 16 (Filic.): 91 (1854)
= Cheilanthes interrupta (Kaulf.) Kaulf.; Wesen Farrenkr. 116 (1827)
= Eriochasma distans (R.Br.) Hereman; Paxton´s Bot. Dict., ed. 2: 222 (1868), nom. inval.
= Hemionitis distans (R.Br.) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 13 (2018)
= Notholaena distans R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 146 (1810)
= Notholaena interrupta Kaulf.; Enum. Filic. [Kaulfuss] 137 (1824)
= Notholaena pumila Link; Fil. Spec. 146 (1841)
species :
Cheilanthes ecuadorensis Windham & K.Sosa; Syst. Bot. 46(2): 257 (2021)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Cheilanthes fractifera R.M.Tryon; Rhodora 62: 7, t. 1252 (1960)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Conservation Status: IUCN I
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes saundersii Alston; Lilloa 30: 110, t. 6 (1960)
= Hemionitis fractifera (R.M.Tryon) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 14 (2018)
species :
Cheilanthes fragillima F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 6: 123 (1866), nom. nov.
Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, N-Western Australia)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes fragilis (Hook.) Luerss.; Bot. Centralbl. 9: 443 (1882), non Hook. 1859
= Hemionitis fragillima (F.Muell.) Christenh; Global Fl. 4: 14 (2018)
= Notholaena fragilis Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W.J.Hooker] 5: 114, t. 287 A (1864)
species :
Cheilanthes hieronymi Herter; Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 1: 360, t. 27 (1925)
Distribution: Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); Uruguay (Lavalleja, Rivera, Soriano, Tacuarembo); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, La Pampa, Mendoza)
84 BRA 85 ARG URU
Remarks: micropteris agg. (Ponce et al. 2016)
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes marginata var. gracilis Hieron.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22(3): 388 (1896)
= Hemionitis hieronymi (Herter) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 15 (2018)
species :
Cheilanthes incarum Maxon; Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 65(8): 5 (1915)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL PER
Remarks: squamosa agg.
Synonyms: hidden
= Hemionitis incarum (Maxon) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 16 (2018)
species :
Cheilanthes juergensii Rosenst.; Hedwigia 46: 84 (1906), as ´jürgensii´
Distribution: Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); Uruguay (Rivera)
84 BRA 85 URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes juergensii var. thellungii (Herter) D.Legrand & Lombardo; Fl. Uruguay 1: 34 (1958)
= Cheilanthes thellungii Herter; Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 1: 360, t. 26 (1925)
= Hemionitis thellungii (Herter) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 22 (2018)
species :
Cheilanthes laciniata Sodiro; Crypt. Vasc. Quit. 79 (1893)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Remarks: Known only from the type collection
Synonyms: hidden
= Hemionitis laciniata (Sodiro) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 16 (2018)
species :
Cheilanthes lasiophylla Pic.Serm.; Webbia 8: 209, f. 3- 6 (1951)
Name: Woolly Cloak fern (EN)
Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, W-New South Wales, NW-Victoria, Western Australia, Queensland, South Australia)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Notholaena lasiopteris F.Muell.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 106 (1853), nom. nud.
= Notholaena canescens Kunze; Index Sem. (Leipzig) [3] (1845) non Cheilanthes canescens Kunze 1839
species :
Cheilanthes lonchophylla (R.M.Tryon) R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon; Rhodora 83(833): 133 (1981)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Remarks: squamosa agg.
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Hemionitis lonchophylla (R.M.Tryon) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 17 (2018)
= Notholaena lonchophylla R.M.Tryon; Contr. Gray Herb. 179: 19 (1956)
species :
Cheilanthes micropteris Sw.; Syn. Fil. (Kiliae) [O.Swartz] 126, 324, t. 3, f. 5 (1806)
Distribution: Ecuador; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba); Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Cordillera, Paraguari); Uruguay (Lavalleja, Soriano, Tacuarembo, Trenta y Tres); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman)
83 BOL ECU 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
Remarks: micropteris agg.
Synonyms: hidden
= Adiantum micropteris (Sw.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] Suppl. 1: 141 (1810)
= Hemionitis micropteris (Sw.) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 17 (2018)
= Notholaena micropteris (Sw.) Keyserl.; Polyp. Herb. Bunge 284 (1873)
= Pteris microphylla Cav. ex Sw.; Syn. Fil. (Kiliae) [O.Swartz] 324 (1806)
species :
Cheilanthes nitida (R.Br.) P.S.Green; Kew Bull. 43(4): 653 (1988)
Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, N-Queensland)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Acrostichum pteroides R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 145 (1810)
= Allosorus nitidus Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 806 (1891)
= Cheilanthes caudata var. tenuissima (F.M.Bailey) S.B.Andrews; Ferns Queensland 330 (1990)
= Cheilanthes tenuifolia var. tenuissima (F.M.Bailey) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 85: (1915)
= Cheilanthes tenuissima F.M.Bailey; Queensland Agric. J. 17: 28, t. 3 (1906)
= Doryopteris australiae Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 4: 100 (1916)
= Hemionitis nitida (R.Br.) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 18 (2018)
= Neurosoria pteroides (R.Br.) Mett. ex Kuhn; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 438 (1869) (non Sw.)
= Pellaea nitida (R.Br.) Baker; Syn. Fil. [W.J.Hooker & Baker], ed. 2: 478 (1874)
= Phorolobus pteroides Desv.; Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 291 (1827)
= Pteris nitida R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 155 (1810)
species :
Cheilanthes nudiuscula (R.Br.) T.Moore; Index Fil. [T. Moore] 249 (1861)
Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hongkong, Macao); Taiwan; Borneo (Sabah); Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Lombok, Timor, Bali, Sumbawa, Flores, Wetar); Moluccas; New Guinea (Papua New Guinea); Australia (N-Western Australia, E-Queensland, N-Northern Territory, New South Wales); New Caledonia; Vanuatu; Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Taveuni, Waya); Society Isl. (Tahiti); Austral Isl. (Raivavae)
36 CHI 38 TAI 42 BOR JAW LSI MOL NWG PHI SUL 50 AUS 60 FIJ NWC VAN 61 AUI SCI
Synonyms: hidden
= Acrostichum javense (Desv.) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5: 126 (1810)
= Cheilanthes arnottiana J.W.Moore; Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 102: 9 (1933)
= Cheilanthes densa (J.Sm.) Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.) 166 (1852)
= Cheilanthes dilimanensis P.M.Zamora; Kalikasan 3: 193 (1974)
= Cheilanthes hirsuta (Poir.) Mett.; Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. 3: 69, no. 17 (1869), non Link (1833)
= Cheilanthes javanica Kunze; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 211 (1848)
= Cheilanthes javensis (Desv.) T.Moore; Index Fil. [T. Moore] 244 (1861)
= Cheilanthes kleinhofii Blume; Enum. Pl. Javae 2: 137 (1828)
= Cheilanthes moluccana Blume; Enum. Pl. Javae 2: 136 (1828)
= Cheilanthes tenuifolia subsp. nudiuscula (R.Br.) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 85: (1915)
= Cheilanthes tenuifolia var. nudiuscula (R.Br.) F.M.Bailey; Fern World Australia 44 (1881)
= Cincinalis ciliata Desv.; Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 312 (1811)
= Cincinalis hirsuta (Poir.) Desv.; Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 313 (1811)
= Cincinalis javensis Desv.; Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 329 (1811)
= Hemionitis dilimanensis (P.M.Zamora) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 13 (2018)
= Hemionitis nudiuscula (R.Br.) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 18 (2018)
= Notholaena ciliata (Desv.) Desv.; J. Bot. [Morot] 1: 92 (1813)
= Notholaena densa J.Sm.; J. Bot. [Hooker] 3: 395 (1841)
= Notholaena densa J.Sm. ex Kunze; Farrnkräuter 1(7): 149, t. 64, f. 2 (1844)
= Notholaena hirsuta (Poir.) Desv.; J. Bot. [Morot] 1: 93 (1813)
= Notholaena hirsuta var. densa Alderw.; Malayan Ferns 483 (1908)
= Notholaena hirsuta var. nudiuscula (R.Br.) Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 1: ? (1915)
= Notholaena hirta Goldm.; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 455 (1843)
= Notholaena javensis (Desv.) Desv.; Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 221 (1827)
= Notholaena nudiuscula (R.Br.) Desv.; Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 221 (1827)
= Notholaena paucijuga Baker; Syn. Fil. [W.J.Hooker & Baker], ed. 2: 515 (1874)
= Notholaena pilosa Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beechey Voy. 74 (1832) (non Cheilanthes pilosa Goldm. (1843))
= Notholaena remota Kaulf.; Enum. Filic. [Kaulfuss] 138 (1824)
= Notholaena sulcata Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 2: 367 (1833)
= Pellaea nudiuscula (R.Br.) Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W.J.Hooker] 2: 151 (1858)
= Pteris hirsuta Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 5: 719 (1804) (non Bory (1804))
= Pteris nudiuscula R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 155 (1810)
species :
Cheilanthes obducta Mett.; Linnaea 36: 83 (1869)
Name: Ala de sacre
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena); Venezuela (Falcon, Lara); ?Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Boquerón); Argentina (Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, San Juan, Tucuman)
82 CLM VEN 83 BOL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes balansae (Baker) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 86: 133 nota (1913)
= Hemionitis obducta (Mett.) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 18 (2018)
= Notholaena balansae Baker; J. Bot. 16: 301 (1878)
= Notholaena herzogii Rosenst.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 6: 175 (1908)
= Notholaena obducta (Mett.) Baker; Syn. Fil. [W.J.Hooker & Baker], ed. 2: 515 (1874)
species :
Cheilanthes pantanalensis E.L.M.Assis, Ponce & Labiak; Amer. Fern J. 98(4): 203 (2009)
Distribution: Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Hemionitis pantanalensis (E.L.M.Assis, Ponce & Labiak) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 19 (2018)
species :
Cheilanthes perlanata (Pic.Serm.) Kornas; Distr. Ecol. Pterid. Zambia 51 (1979)
Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Zambia
23 BUR CON ZAI 26 ZAM
Remarks: of uncertain taxonomic position, unsampled in phylogenetic studies
Synonyms: hidden
= Hemionitis perlanata (Pic.Serm.) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 19 (2018)
= Notholaena perlanata Pic.Serm.; Webbia 27: 417 (1972 publ. 1973)
variant :
var. kwatebalaensis Malaisse; Fl. Upper Katanga Copperbelt 85 (2016)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Cheilanthes peruviana (Desv.) T.Moore; Index Fil. [T. Moore] 250 (1861)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Remarks: squamosa agg.
Synonyms: hidden
= Hemionitis peruviana (Desv.) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 19 (2018)
= Notholaena brackenridgei Baker; Syn. Fil. [W.J.Hooker & Baker] 371 (1868)
= Notholaena peruviana Desv.; Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 220 (1827)
= Notholaena sinuata var. bipinnata Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W.J.Hooker] 5: 108 (1864)
species :
Cheilanthes praetermissa D.L.Jones; Austrobaileya 2(5): 472 (1988)
Distribution: Australia (N-Northern Territory, NE-Western Australia)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Hemionitis praetermissa (D.L.Jones) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 19 (2018)
species :
Cheilanthes prenticei Luerss.; Bot. Centralbl. 9: 442 (1882)
Distribution: Australia (N-Queensland, Thursday Isl.)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Notholaena prenticei (Luerss.) Baker; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 5: 481 (1891)
= Hemionitis prenticei (Luerss.) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 19 (2018)
species :
Cheilanthes pumilio (R.Br.) F.Muell.; Syst. Census Austral. Pl. 1: 138 (1882)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, N-Queensland, Northern Territory)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes cavernicola D.L.Jones; Austrobaileya 2(5): 469 (1988)
= Cheilanthes dunlopii D.L.Jones; Austrobaileya 2(5): 470 (1988)
= Cheilanthes paucijuga Baker; Syn. Fil. [W.J.Hooker & Baker], ed. 2: (1874)
= Hemionitis pumilio (R.Br.) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 20 (2018)
= Notholaena pumilio R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 146 (1810)
species :
Cheilanthes sarmientoi Ponce; Amer. Fern J. 79(4): 131 (1989 publ. 1990)
Distribution: Argentina (Catamarca, La Pampa, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan)
85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Hemionitis sarmientoi (Ponce) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 20 (2018)
species :
Cheilanthes scariosa (Sw.) C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 65 (1825)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Potosí)
83 BOL PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Acrostichum lanuginosum Willd.; Abh. Kurfürstl.-Mainz. Akad. Nützl. Wiss. Erfurt 31, t. 3, f. 4 (1802) (non Desf. (1800))
= Acrostichum scariosum Sw.; Syn. Fil. (Kiliae) [O.Swartz] 16 (1806)
= Cheilanthes ornatissima Maxon; Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 65(8): 3 (1915)
= Cheilanthes tripinnata Copel.; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 19: 301, t. 58 (1941)
= Hemionitis scariosa (Sw.) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 21 (2018)
= Myriopteris scariosa (Sw.) Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.) 149 (1852)
species :
Cheilanthes sieberi Kunze; Index Sem. (Leipzig) (1839)
subspecies :
subsp. sieberi
Name: Mulga fern (EN)
Distribution: Australia (Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania); Lord Howe Isl.; Norfolk Isl.; New Zealand (North Isl., South Isl., Three Kings Isl.); New Caledonia (incl. Île des Pins)
50 AUS LHI NFK 51 NZL 60 NWC
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes clelandii F.Muell. & Tate; Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. South Australia 10: 81 (1887)
= Cheilanthes erecta Colenso; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 28: 619 (1896)
= Cheilanthes kirkii J.B.Armstr.; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 13: 360 (1881)
= Cheilanthes preissiana Kunze; Pl. Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 2: 112 (1846)
= Cheilanthes sieberi var. deltoidea J.B.Armstr.; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 12: 346 (1880)
= Cheilanthes tenuifolia f. gracilior Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20: 138 (1915)
= Cheilanthes tenuifolia subsp. sieberi (Kunze) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20: 140 (1915)
= Cheilanthes tenuifolia var. sieberi (Kunze) Hook.f.; Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 362 (1864)
= Cheilanthes venosa Colenso; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 25: 321 (1893)
= Hemionitis sieberi (Kunze) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 21 (2018)
subspecies :
subsp. pseudovellea H.M.Quirk & T.C.Chambers; Austral. J. Bot. 31(5): 522 (1983)
Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, Western Australia, C-New South Wales)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes pseudovellea (H.M.Quirk & T.C.Chambers) D.L.Jones; Austrobaileya 2(5): 479 (1988)
species :
Cheilanthes squamosa Gill. ex Hook. & Grev.; Icon. Filic. t. 151 (1829)
Distribution: Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Tarija); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Cordoba, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, Santiago del Estero, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman)
83 BOL 85 ARG
Remarks: squamosa agg.
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes scariosa Desv.; Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 305 (1827) (non (Desv.) C. Presl (1825))
= Notholaena gilliesii Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.) 159 (1852)
= Notholaena lilloi (Hicken) Hicken; Apuntes Hist. Nat. 1: 117 (1909)
= Notholaena scariosa (Sw.) Baker; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 1(2): 540 (1870)
= Notholaena squamosa (Gill. ex Hook. & Grev.) Fée; Mém. Foug. 9 (Cat. Foug. Mex.): 10 (1857)
= Pellaea lilloi Hicken; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 63: 20, c. tab. (1907)
species :
Cheilanthes tenuifolia (Burm.f.) Sw.; Syn. Fil. (Kiliae) [O.Swartz] 1299, 332 (1806)
Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, S-Hunan, Jiangxi, Yunnan); Taiwan; Pakistan (Azad Kashmir); Nepal; India (Jammu & Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore; Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Sarawak); Sulawesi; Palawan; Philippines; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Lombok, Bali, Sumbawa, Sumba, Timor, Alor); Moluccas (Seram); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch. (Admiralty Isl.); Solomon Isl. (Guadalcanal, Tulagi); Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland); New Caledonia; Vanuatu; Tonga (Late Isl.); Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu); [Western] Samoa; Marquesas Isl. (Nuku Hiva); Society Isl. (Bora Bora); Austral Isl. (Rapa Iti, Marotiri Rocks); Palau (Babeldaob, Ngarakabesang, Ulebsechel); Northern Marianas (Pagan, Rota Isl., Saipan); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia (Yap)
36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BAN IND NEP PAK SRL 41 AND CBD LAO THA VIE 42 BOR LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI PLW SNG SUL 43 BIS SOL 50 AUS 60 FIJ NWC SAM TON VAN 61 AUI MRQ SCI 62 GUM MIC MRN PLU
Conservation Status: vulnerable (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Adiantum cicutifolium Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 44 (1783)
= Adiantum tenuifolium (Burm.f.) Sw.; J. Bot. [Schrader] 1800(2): 85 (1801)
= Adiantum varians Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] Suppl. 1: 143 (1810)
= Allosorus depilatus Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 806 (1891)
= Aspidium tenue Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 6: 39 (1791)
= Cassebeera tenuifolia (Burm.f.) J.Sm.; J. Bot. [Hooker] 4: 159 (1841)
= Cheilanthes hispidula Kunze; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 212 (1848)
= Cheilanthes humilis (G.Forst.) P.S.Green; Kew Bull. 43(4): 653 (1988)
= Cheilanthes micrantha Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 68 (1829), nomen
= Cheilanthes moluccana Kunze; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 6: 445 (1848), non Blume 1828
= Cheilanthes rupestris Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 67 (1829), nomen
= Cheilanthes sciadioides Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 86: 135 (1913)
= Cheilanthes semiglabra (Kunze) Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.) 156 (1852)
= Cheilanthes shirleyana (Domin) H.Quirk & T.C.Chambers; Austral. J. Bot. 31(5): 513 (1983)
= Cheilanthes tenuifolia subsp. queenslandica Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20: 140 (1915)
= Cheilanthes tenuifolia subsp. shirleyana Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 85: 145, f. 27 b (1913)
= Cheilosoria javensis Trevis.; Atti Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. Lett. Arti, Ser. 5, 3: 580 (1879)
= Cheilosoria tenuifolia (Burm.f.) Trevis.; Atti Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. Lett. Arti, Ser. 5, 8: 579 (1877)
= Gymnogramma microphylloides Ces.; Rendiconti Reale Accad. Sci. Fis. 16: 27, 30 (1877)
= Hemionitis tenuifolia (Burm.f.) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 22 (2018)
= Notholaena glabra Brack.; U.S. Expl. Exped. 16 (Filic.): 21 (1854)
= Notholaena hirsuta var. glabra (Brack.) Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 10: ? (1920)
= Notholaena sciadioides (Domin) F.M.Bailey; Bot. Bull. Dept. Agric. Queensland 17: 14 (1913)
= Notholaena semiglabra Kunze; Farrnkräuter 2: 59, t. 124, f. 2 (1850)
= Oeosporangium tenuifolium (Burm.f.) Fraser-Jenk. & Pariyar; Annot. Checkl. Ind. Pterid. 1: 261 (2016)
= Pellaea depilata Baker; Syn. Fil. [W.J.Hooker & Baker], ed. 2: 478 (1874)
= Pteris alpina Field; Ferns New Zealand 97, t. 28, f. 2 (1890)
= Pteris humilis G.Forst.; Fl. Ins. Austr. 79 (1786)
= Pteris nigra Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 6: 38 (1791)
= Trichomanes tenuifolium Burm.f.; Fl. Ind. [N.L.Burman] 237 (1768)
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