Family: Pteridaceae
Cheilanthes
Citation:
Sw., Synops. Fil. 5, 126 (1806).
Derivation: Greek cheilos, a lip; anthos, flower; alluding to the lip-like indusium.
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Rock ferns, cloak-ferns.
Description:
Rhizome short- or long-creeping, scaly; fronds often crowded together; bipinnatifid to decompound, glabrous, scaly or hairy; sori marginal, borne at the tips of the veins, small, often laterally spreading and becoming irregularly confluent; indusium usually present.
Distribution:
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About 180 species, at least 11 in Australia. (H. Quirk, T. C. Chambers & M. Regan (1983) Aust. J. Bot. 31:501-553.)
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Biology:
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Key to Species:
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1. Undersurface of lamina glabrous or with sparse scales or hairs |
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2. Fronds few; rhachis and costae (undersurface) with a few scattered stramineous scales |
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C. austrotenuifolia 1. |
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2. Fronds numerous; rhachis and costae (undersurface) with scattered segmented hairs |
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C sieberi subsp. sieberi 4a. |
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1. Undersurface of lamina densely clad with scales or hairs or both |
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3. Rhachis and pinnae with stramineous scales only |
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C. distans 2. |
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3. Rhachis and pinnae with white to orange-brown or pale-brown hairs with or without scales |
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4. Rhachis with scales and woolly hairs branched at the base |
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C. lasiophylla 3. |
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4. Rhachis with hairs only |
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C. sieberi subsp. pseudovellea 4b. |
Author:
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