Pellaea mucronata

Pellaea mucronata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Pellaea
Species: Pellaea mucronata
Subspecies: P. m. subsp. californica – P. m. subsp. mucronata

Name

Pellaea mucronata (D.C.Eaton) D.C.Eaton in W.H.Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 233 (1859).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Allosorus mucronatus D.C.Eaton, Amer. J. Sci. Arts ser. 2, 22: 138 (1856).
• Homotypic
  • Cheilanthes mucronata (D.C.Eaton) T.Moore, Index Fil. 45, 248 (1861).
  • Cassebeera ternifolia var. mucronata (D.C.Eaton) Farw., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 282 (1931).
  • Hemionitis mucronata (D.C.Eaton) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 18 (2018).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Oregon. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada. Regional: Mexico Mexico Northwest (Baja California, Sonora), Mexican Pacific Islands (Guadalupe Island). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Emory, W.H. 1859. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. Vol. 2. 270 pp. 61 pl. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2021. Pellaea mucronata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 11. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pellaea mucronata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 11. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Pellaea mucronata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Feb 2021.
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pellaea mucronata. Published online. Accessed: 11 Feb 2021.

Vernacular names

English: bird's foot cliffbrake

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