PLANTS Profile for Argyrochosma fendleri (Fendler's false cloak fern)

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Argyrochosma fendleri (Kunze) Windham
Fendler's false cloak fern

Symbol:

ARFE5

Group:

Fern

Family:

Pteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Argyrochosma fendleri (Kunze) Windham

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Synonyms:
Argyrochosma fendleri (Kunze) Windham

	CHCA19	Cheilanthes cancellata Mickel
	NOFE	Notholaena fendleri Kunze
	PEFE4	Pellaea fendleri (Kunze) Prantl

Distribution:
Argyrochosma fendleri (Kunze) Windham


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USA (CO, NM, WY)

Related Taxa:
Argyrochosma fendleri (Kunze) Windham

View 18 genera in Pteridaceae, 6 species in Argyrochosma

Classification:
Argyrochosma fendleri (Kunze) Windham

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Pteridaceae – Maidenhair Fern family
Genus	Argyrochosma (Sm.) Windham – false cloak fern
Species	Argyrochosma fendleri (Kunze) Windham – Fendler's false cloak fern

More Accounts and Images:
Argyrochosma fendleri (Kunze) Windham

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 500965.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 11/06/2008 07:16 PM MST