Windhamia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Windhamia
Species: W. cordifolia – W. pringlei – W. sagittata

Name

Windhamia Li Bing Zhang, X.M.Zhou & Jing Zhao, Phytotaxa 731(3): 230 (2025).

Type species:: Windhamia cordifolia (Sessé & Moc.) Li Bing Zhang, X.M.Zhou & Jing Zhao, Phytotaxa 731(3): 230 (2025).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Subarctic America
  - Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Greenland, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon.
- Regional: Western Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland (Newfoundland (continental), St.-Pierre-et-Miquelon), Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia,
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico, Texas.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central (México Distrito Federal, México State, Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northeast (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas), Mexico Northwest (Sinaloa, Sonora), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas), Mexico Southwest (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca).
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Guatemala.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northwest (Salta).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Zhao, J., Ma, D.-N., Smith, A.R., Liang, Z.-L., Zhou, X.-M. & Zhang, L.-B. 2025. Phylogeny and systematics of the fern genus Pellaea and its allies (Pteridaceae). Phytotaxa 731(3): 221–242. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.731.3.3 Reference page.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2026. Windhamia. Published online. Accessed: 26 Apr 2026. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2026. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Windhamia Accessed: 26 Apr 2026. Reference page.