Cheilanthes
Genus in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection
Digitised Reference Slides
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Distribution
© Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings (licence)Lipfern
Cheilanthes (lip ferns) is a genus of about 180 species of rock-dwelling ferns with a cosmopolitan distribution in warm, dry, rocky regions, often growing in small crevices high up on cliffs. Most are small, sturdy and evergreen. The leaves, often densely covered in trichomes, spring directly from the rootstocks. Many of them are desert ferns, curling up during dry times and reviving with the comi... © Wikipedia authors and editors (licence)
See more in the Encyclopedia of Life... Definition
- Parent Taxon
- Pteridaceae
- Taxonomic Completion
1.14%
2 of 176 accepted Species- Global Pollen Project UUID
- e6df53b5-d650-4061-abb4-4d9595e28b39
- Botanical Reference
- None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources
This taxon is currently linked to the following locations.
The Plant ListGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility