English: Cheilanthoid ferns.
Clades:
Pteridaceae;
Pteridales;
Pterididae;
Polypodianae;
Pteridophyta;
Plants.
Members: 6 genera: Anogramma, Cryptogramma, Eriosorus, Hemionitis, Jamesonia, Pityrogramma.
Habitat: primarily epipetric; semiarid.
Plant theoryCheilanthoideae is a subfamily of the
Pteridaceae. In the
Plant theory it is placed in
Subphase 3 of the
Pteridales, with confirmation from cases.
BotanyFerns.
Leaves: mostly with well-developed scales or trichomes; often bipinnate or otherwise highly compound.
Sporangia: mostly born in marginal sori with false indusia that are +/- continuous around the leaf margins.
TribesDoryopteris ludens: calciphilopteris
Bommeriids: Baja, Bommeri
Skinneriids: Cheilanthes skinneri and relatives.
Myriopterids: Mildella, Myriopteris.
Pellaeids: Argyrochosma, Astrolepis, Paragymnopteris, Pellaea.
Notholaenids: Cheilanthes leucopoda, Cheiloplecton, Notholaena
Hemionitids: Adiantopsis, Aleuritopteris, Aspidotis, Cheilanthes, Doryopteris, Gaga, Hemionitis, Lytoneuron, Mickelopteris, Oeosporangium, Ormopteris, Pentagramma, Trachypteris
◦ Argyrochosma: False cloak ferns ◦ Aspidotis: Lace ferns
◦ Astrolepis: Cloak ferns
◦ Cheilanthes: Lip ferns
◦ Notholaena: Cloak ferns
◦ Pellaea: Cliff brakes
IncludedHemionitidoid ferns; terrestrial, epipetric or epiphytic in moist or semiarid habitats; leaves simple, pinnate, or more compound; sporangia born in linear non-marginal, exindusiate sori or sometimes in marginal sori.
Stages Remedies1
Bommeria elegans2
Calciphilopteris ludens3
Cheilanthes lanosa3
Myriopteris marsupianthes5
Hemionitis palmata6
Mickelopteris cordata8
Doryopteris pedata9
Myriopteris alabamensis10
Cheiloplecton rigidum11
Cheilanthes argentea12
Cheilanthes hirta12
Pellaea falcata14
Astrolepis sinuata14
Doryopteris cordifolia15
Pellaea rotundifolia17
Lytoneuron lomariaceumx
Adiantopsis pedatax
Baja brandegeeix
Doryopteris palmatax
Hemionitis arifoliax
Oeosporangium szovitsiix
Paragymnopteris marantaex
Pellaea ovatax
Trachypteris pinnata