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Lip Ferns
Cheilanthes
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 coming of moisture. At the ends of veins sporangia, or spore-bearing structures,...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Green Cliff Brake
speciesCheilanthes viridis
cloak fern
speciesCheilanthes sieberi
Rock Fern
speciesCheilanthes austrotenuifolia
Woolly Lipfern
speciesCheilanthes hirta
Resurrection Fern
speciesCheilanthes eckloniana
bristly cloak fern
speciesCheilanthes distans
Cheilanthes chusana
speciesCheilanthes chusana
Curly Fern
speciesCheilanthes tenuifolia
Spear Lipfern
speciesCheilanthes hastata
Cheilanthes hypoleuca
speciesCheilanthes hypoleuca
Cheilanthes pruinata
speciesCheilanthes pruinata
Woolly Cloak-fern
speciesCheilanthes lasiophylla
Four-Pinnate Lip Fern
speciesCheilanthes quadripinnata
Cheilanthes glauca
speciesCheilanthes glauca
Cheilanthes involuta
speciesCheilanthes involuta
Cluster Fern
speciesCheilanthes multifida
Cape Lipfern
speciesCheilanthes capensis
Cheilanthes mollis
speciesCheilanthes mollis
Dolomite Lipfern
speciesCheilanthes dolomiticola
Small Lipfern
speciesCheilanthes parviloba
Whitefoot Lipfern
speciesCheilanthes leucopoda
Cheilanthes nudiuscula
speciesCheilanthes nudiuscula
Cheilanthes lozanoi
speciesCheilanthes lozanoi
Cheilanthes deltoidea
speciesCheilanthes deltoidea
Cheilanthes contracta
speciesCheilanthes contracta
Cheilanthes micropteris
speciesCheilanthes micropteris
Bergius's Lip Fern
speciesCheilanthes bergiana
Cheilanthes nitidula
speciesCheilanthes nitidula
Cheilanthes marlothii
speciesCheilanthes marlothii
Cheilanthes brownii
speciesCheilanthes brownii
Cheilanthes buchtienii
speciesCheilanthes buchtienii
Cheilanthes adiantoides
speciesCheilanthes adiantoides
Cheilanthes induta
speciesCheilanthes induta
Cheilanthes pentagona
speciesCheilanthes pentagona
Cheilanthes inaequalis
speciesCheilanthes inaequalis
Cheilanthes dinteri
speciesCheilanthes dinteri
Cheilanthes scariosa
speciesCheilanthes scariosa
Cheilanthes obducta
speciesCheilanthes obducta
Namaqua Lip Fern
speciesCheilanthes namaquensis
Cheilanthes arequipensis
speciesCheilanthes arequipensis
Cheilanthes skinneri
speciesCheilanthes skinneri
Cheilanthes pilosa
speciesCheilanthes pilosa
Robust Lip Fern
speciesCheilanthes robusta
Cheilanthes contigua
speciesCheilanthes contigua
Cheilanthes schimperi
speciesCheilanthes schimperi
Cheilanthes hieronymi
speciesCheilanthes hieronymi
Cheilanthes caudata
speciesCheilanthes caudata
Cheilanthes fractifera
speciesCheilanthes fractifera
Cheilanthes buchananii
speciesCheilanthes buchananii
Cheilanthes depauperata
speciesCheilanthes depauperata
Cheilanthes chinensis
speciesCheilanthes chinensis
Botswana Lip Fern
speciesCheilanthes botswanae
Cheilanthes boivinii
speciesCheilanthes boivinii
Cheilanthes peruviana
speciesCheilanthes peruviana
Cheilanthes fraseri
speciesCheilanthes fraseri
Cheilanthes smithii
speciesCheilanthes smithii
Cheilanthes nielsii
speciesCheilanthes nielsii
Cheilanthes pumilio
speciesCheilanthes pumilio
Cheilanthes squamosa
speciesCheilanthes squamosa
Cheilanthes rufopunctata
speciesCheilanthes rufopunctata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58761.