Cheiloplecton

Cheiloplecton is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Cheilanthoideae of the family Pteridaceae with a single species Cheiloplecton rigidum,[1] native to Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.[2]

Cheiloplecton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Subfamily: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Cheiloplecton
Fée[1]
Species:
C. rigidum
Binomial name
Cheiloplecton rigidum
(Sw.) Fée[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Allosorus cartilagineus (C.Presl) C.Presl
  • Allosorus rigidus (Sw.) C.Presl
  • Cheilanthes rigida (Sw.) Moore ex Fée
  • Doryopteris rigida (Sw.) Diels
  • Hemionitis cheiloplecton Christenh.
  • Pellaea rigida (Sw.) Hook.
  • Pteris acutangula Nees
  • Pteris cartilaginea C.Presl
  • Pteris rigida Sw.

References
  1. PPG I (2016), "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns", Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 54 (6): 563–603, doi:10.1111/jse.12229, S2CID 39980610
  2. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019), "Cheiloplecton", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.11, retrieved 2019-12-30


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