Cheilanthes

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Cheilanthes

Cheilanthes parryi in a rock crevice in southern Nevada

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Pteridopsida
Order:	Pteridales
Family:	Pellaeaceae
Genus:	Cheilanthes Sw.

Species

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Cheilanthes (lip ferns) is a genus of about 180 species of rock-dwelling ferns with a cosmopolitan distribution in warm, dry regions, often growing in small crevices high up on cliffs. Many of them are desert ferns, curling up during dry times and reviving with the coming of moisture.

Selected species

Cheilanthes acrostica (Balb.) Tod.
Cheilanthes adiantoides T.C.Chambers & P.A.Farrant
Cheilanthes aemula Maxon
Cheilanthes alabamensis (Buckley) Kunze
Cheilanthes arizonica (Maxon) Mickel
Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia H.M.Quirk & T.C.Chambers
Cheilanthes bonariensis (Willd.) Proctor
Cheilanthes brownii (Kuhn) Domin
Cheilanthes catanensis (Cosent.) H.P.Fuchs
Cheilanthes caudata R.Br.
Cheilanthes cavernicola D.L.Jones
Cheilanthes clevelandii D.C.Eaton
Cheilanthes contigua Baker
Cheilanthes cooperae D.C.Eaton
Cheilanthes covillei Maxon
Cheilanthes distans (R.Br.) Mett.
Cheilanthes eatonii Baker
Cheilanthes feei T.Moore
Cheilanthes fendleri Hook.
Cheilanthes fragillima F.Muell.
Cheilanthes glauca (Cav.) Mett.
Cheilanthes gracillima D.C.Eaton
Cheilanthes guanchica Bolle
Cheilanthes hirsuta (Poir.) Mett.
Cheilanthes hispanica Mett.
Cheilanthes horridula Maxon
Cheilanthes humilis (G.Forst.) P.S.Green
Cheilanthes intertexta (Maxon) Maxon
Cheilanthes intramarginalis (Kaulf. ex Link) Hook.
Cheilanthes kaulfussii Kunze
Cheilanthes lanosa (Michx.) D.C.Eaton
Cheilanthes lasiophylla Pic.Serm.
Cheilanthes lendigera (Cav.) Sw.
Cheilanthes leucopoda Link
Cheilanthes lindheimeri Hook.
Cheilanthes maderensis Lowe
Cheilanthes microphylla (Sw.) Sw.
Cheilanthes newberryi (D.C.Eaton) Domin
Cheilanthes nitida (R.Br.) P.S.Green
Cheilanthes nudiuscula (R.Br.) T.Moore
Cheilanthes parryi (D.C.Eaton) Domin
Cheilanthes paucijuga Baker
Cheilanthes persica (Bory) Mett. ex Kuhn
Cheilanthes pinnatifida D.L.Jones
Cheilanthes praetermissa D.L.Jones
Cheilanthes prenticei Luerss.
Cheilanthes pringlei Davenport
Cheilanthes pseudovellea (H.M.Quirk & T.C.Chambers) D.L.Jones
Cheilanthes pteroides Sw.
Cheilanthes pulchella Bory ex Willd.
Cheilanthes pumilio (R.Br.) F.Muell.
Cheilanthes sciadioides Domin
Cheilanthes sieberi Kunze
Cheilanthes tenuifolia (Burm.f.) Sw.
Cheilanthes tinaei Tod.
Cheilanthes tomentosa Link
Cheilanthes vellea (Aiton) F.Muell.
Cheilanthes villosa Davenport ex Maxon
Cheilanthes viscida Davenport
Cheilanthes wootonii Maxon
Cheilanthes wrightii Hook.
Cheilanthes yavapensis T.Reeves ex Windham

Cheilanthes glauca is a small fern native from Andes mountains of southern central Chile. Its habitat include rough rocky soils frequently covered by snow and windy and hot during the summer.