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Published In: Synopsis Filicum 5, 126. 1806. (Syn. Fil.) Name publication detailView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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3. Cheilanthes Sw. (lip fern)

Rhizomes compact to short- or long-creeping. Leaves 2–3 times compound, the pinnules less than 1 cm long, less than 2 mm wide. Veins difficult to observe, unbranched or with 1–2 lateral branches. Sporangia along the terminal portions of the veins, partially covered by the usually strongly reflexed pinnule margins (false indusia), these usually with a differentiated, scarious edge. Spores 32 or 64 per sporangium, 35–80 mm in diameter, variously colored. About 150 species, nearly worldwide.

 

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1.Petioles and rachises densely pubescent with the hairs mixed with linear scales
Cheilanthes tomentosa
1.Petioles and rachises glabrous or hairy, but lacking scales
2.Pinnules glabrous or sparsely hairy beneath
Cheilanthes alabamensis
2.Pinules densely hairy beneath
3.Fertile pinnules beadlike, 1–3 mm long, densely pubescent with matted, woolly hairs beneath; leaves usually tufted on the compact rhizome
Cheilanthes feei
3.Fertile pinnules oblong to ovate, not beadlike, 3–5 mm long, pubescent with unmatted hairs beneath; leaves usually not tufted, produced along the creeping rhizome
Cheilanthes lanosa
 
 
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