Cheilanthes

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Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Family:	PTERIDACEAE
Genus:	Cheilanthes Sw.
Common Name:	LIP FERN
Genus Notes:	Many Florida taxa have been removed to the genus Myriopteris with the result that Cheilanthes s.s. no longer occurs in Florida.
Specimen:	View USF Herbarium specimens of this genus

Classification

Division
Class
Sub Class
Order	POLYPODIALES
Family	PTERIDACEAE
Genus	*Cheilanthes*

Citation

Citation	CHEILANTHES Swartz, Syn. Fil. 5, 126. 1806, nom. cons. vs. Allosorus Bernhardi 1805.
Basionym:	**
Type:	TYPE: Cheilanthes micropteris Swartz, typ. cons.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species

No species exist for this genus.

No species exist for this genus.

Identification Key

Genus Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Aleuritopteris	Aleuritopteris Fee, Mem. Foug. 5: 153. 1852.		TYPE: Aleuritopteris farinosa (Forsskal) Fee (Pteris farinosa Forsskal) Lectotypified by C. Christensen, Index Filicum XLII. 1906.
Allosorus	Allosorus Bernhardi, Neues J. Bot. 1(2): 36. 1805, nom. rej. vs. Cheilanthes Swartz 1806.		TYPE: Allosorus pusillus (Willdenow ex Bernhardi) Bernhardi (Adiantum pusillum Willdenow ex Bernhardi) Lectotypified by Pichi Sermolli, Webbia 9: 394. 1953.
Aspidotis	Aspidotis (Nuttall ex Hooker) Copeland, Gen. Filicum 68. 1947.	BASIONYM: Hypolepis Bernhardi, "subdiv." Aspidotis Nuttall ex Hooker, Sp. Fil. 2: 70. 1852.	TYPE: Aspidotis californica (Hooker) Nuttall ex Copeland (Hypolepis californica Hooker)
Cheiloplecton	Cheiloplecton Fee, Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Strasbourg 5: 33, 135, t. 20. 1857.		TYPE: Cheiloplecton rigidum (Swartz) Fee (Pteris rigida Swartz)
Cheilosoria	Cheilosoria Trevisan de Saint-Leon, Atti Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. Lett. Art., ser. 5. 3: 579. 1877.		TYPE: Cheilosoria allosuroides (Mettenius) Trevisan de Saint-Leon (Cheilanthes allosuroides Mettenius) Lectotypified by Copeland, Gen. Filicum 65. 1947.

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Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2023. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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