
lip fern subfamily
Cheilanthoideae
Cheilanthoideae is one of the five subfamilies of the Pteridaceae family of ferns.
24 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

cliffbrakes
genusPellaea

lip ferns
genusMyriopteris

Lip Ferns
genusCheilanthes

Pentagramma
genusPentagramma

Astrolepis
genusAstrolepis

lace ferns
genusAspidotis

Notholaena
genusNotholaena

Oeosporangium
genusOeosporangium

false cloak ferns
genusArgyrochosma
Gaga lipferns
genusGaga

Aleuritopteris
genusAleuritopteris

Doryopteris
genusDoryopteris

Bommeria
genusBommeria

Paragymnopteris
genusParagymnopteris

Adiantopsis
genusAdiantopsis

Mickelopteris
genusMickelopteris

Hemionitis
genusHemionitis

Mildella
genusMildella

Cheiloplecton
genusCheiloplecton

Calciphilopteris
genusCalciphilopteris

Lytoneuron
genusLytoneuron

Trachypteris
genusTrachypteris

Baja
genusBaja

Ormopteris
genusOrmopteris
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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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 545701.