Cheilanthes

Contains 0 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Cheilanthes Sw.
PTERIDACEAE
LIP FERN
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Many Florida taxa have been removed to the genus Myriopteris with the result that Cheilanthes s.s. no longer occurs in Florida.
Classification
POLYPODIALES
Cheilanthes
Citation
CHEILANTHES Swartz, Syn. Fil. 5, 126. 1806, nom. cons. vs. Allosorus Bernhardi 1805.
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TYPE: Cheilanthes micropteris Swartz, typ. cons.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Identification Key

No identification key is available for this family.

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.
Choristosoria Choristosoria Mettenius ex Kuhn, in von der Decken, Reis. Ost-Afr. 3(3): 13. 1879. TYPE: Choristosoria pteroides (Linnaeus) Mettenius ex Kuhn (Adiantum pteroides Linnaeus)
Cosentinia Cosentinia Todaro, Giorn. Sci. Nat. Econ. Palermo 1: 219. 1866. TYPE: Cosentinia vellea (Aiton) Todaro (Acrostichum velleum Aiton)
Mildella Mildella Trevisan de Saint-Leon, Rendiconti Reale Ist. Lombardo Sci. Lett., ser. 2. 9: 810. 1877. TYPE: Mildella inframarginalis (Kaulfuss ex Link) Trevisan de Saint-Leon (Pteris inframarginalis Kaulfuss ex Link)