PLANTS Profile for Cheilanthes lendigera (nitbearing lipfern)

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PLANTS Profile

Cheilanthes lendigera (Cav.) Sw.
nitbearing lipfern

Symbol:

CHLE2

Group:

Fern

Family:

Pteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Distribution:
Cheilanthes lendigera (Cav.) Sw.


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Related Taxa:
Cheilanthes lendigera (Cav.) Sw.

View 19 genera in Pteridaceae, 33 species in Cheilanthes

Classification:
Cheilanthes lendigera (Cav.) Sw.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Pteridaceae – Maidenhair Fern family
Genus	Cheilanthes Sw. – lipfern
Species	Cheilanthes lendigera (Cav.) Sw. – nitbearing lipfern

More Accounts and Images:
Cheilanthes lendigera (Cav.) Sw.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17449.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 05:18 AM CDT