Cheilanthes

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Cheilanthes
Species: [Cheilanthes s.str.] C. adiantoides – C. arequipensis – C. austrotenuifolia – C. brownii – C. caudata – C. contigua – C. distans – C. ecuadorensis – C. fractifera – C. fragillima – C. hieronymi – C. incarum – C. juergensii – C. laciniata – C. lasiophylla – C. lonchophylla – C. micropteris – C. nitida – C. nudiuscula – C. obducta – C. pantanalensis – C. peruviana – C. praetermissa – C. prenticei – C. pumilio – C. qiaojiaensis – C. sarmientoi – C. scariosa – C. sieberi – C. squamosa – C. tenuifolia
[Cheilanthes s.l., not yet distributed within spinoff genera of Cheilanthes] C. angustifrondosa – C. boivinii – C. bonapartei – C. madagascariensis – C. perlanata

[placed outside of Cheilanthes s.str. by molecular results] C. bolborrhiza
[Cheilanthes skinneri clade] C. lozanoi – C. skinneri – C. subcordata – C. × gryphus 

Source(s) of checklist:
Hassler, M. 2025. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. (Version 25.04; last update Apr 17, 2025). Cheilanthes Accessed: 5 May 2025. Reference page.

Name

Cheilanthes Sw., Syn. Fil.: 5 126 (1806), nom. cons.

• Lectotypus: Cheilanthes micropteris Sw. (designated by Maxon, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 6(3): 428 (1926)).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Neurosoria Mett. ex Kuhn, Bot. Zeit. (Berlin) 27: 437 (1869).
    • Typus: Neurosoria pteroides (R.Br.) Mett. ex Kuhn (≡ Acrostichum pteroides R.Br.)
  • Cheilosoria Trevis., Atti Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. Lett. Arti, ser. 6, 5(3): 579 (1877)
    • Typus, designated by Weatherby in Amer. Fern J. 33(2): 68 (1943): Cheilosoria tenuifolia (Burm.f.) Trevis. ≡ Cheilanthes tenuifolia (Burm.f.) Sw.).
  • Cheilanthes sect. Hypolepidopsis Hieron., Hedwigia 62: 28 (1920).
  • Myriopteris [infragen.unranked] Cheilanthastrum Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 149 (1852).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

[Cheilanthes s.str.] Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast. Regional: Eastern Asia Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi. Regional: Papuasia New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea), Solomon Islands. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia. Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu. Regional: South-Central Pacific Marquesas, Society Islands, Tubuai Islands. Regional: Northwestern Pacific Caroline Islands, Marianas. Continental: Southern America Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil South, Brazil West-Central. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Chile North, Paraguay, Uruguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Swartz, O.P. 1806. Synopsis Filicum earum Genera et species. 445 pp. Kiliae. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Grusz, A.L. & Windham, M.D. 2013. Toward a monophyletic Cheilanthes: The resurrection and recircumscription of Myriopteris (Pteridaceae). PhytoKeys 32: 49–64. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.32.6733 Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2025. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Cheilanthes Accessed: 5 May 2025. Reference page.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Cheilanthes in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 5. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Cheilanthes. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 May 2025. Reference page.
  • Find all Wikispecies pages which cite this reference.

• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Cheilanthes. Published online. Accessed: 5 May 2025. Reference page.

Vernacular names

中文: 碎米蕨属

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