Scientific or common name:

Aleuritopteris cretacea (Liebm.) Fourn. ssp. nigrescens (Ewan) Munz

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PTERIDACEAE - Maidenhair Fern family Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Aleuritopteris cretacea (Liebm.) Fourn. ssp. nigrescens (Ewan) Munz
Rank: subspecies
See: ► Notholaena californica D.C. Eaton ssp. californica

Images of Aleuritopteris cretacea subsp. nigrescens

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Common names

U.S. name: California cloak fern

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Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Notholaena californica D.C. Eaton ssp. californica
= Aleuritopteris cretacea auct. non (Liebm.) Fourn.
= Cheilanthes deserti Mickel
= Notholaena californica D.C. Eaton ssp. nigrescens Ewan
= Notholaena candida (M. Martens & Galeotti) Hook. var. accessita Jeps.

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: -
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Filicopsida
Subclass: -
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Aleuritopteris
Species:

1) Aleuritopteris cretacea (Liebm.) Fourn. ssp. nigrescens (Ewan) Munz 2) Aleuritopteris cretacea auct. non (Liebm.) Fourn.

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AZ, CA)


Map for Aleuritopteris cretacea (Liebm.) Fourn. ssp. nigrescens (Ewan) Munz
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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Kingdoms
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1) Fungi 2) Plantae

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Divisions
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1) Anthocerotophyta (Hornworts) 2) Bryophyta (Mosses) 3) Chlorophyta (Green algae) 4) Coniferophyta (Conifers) 5) Cycadophyta (Cycads) 6) Equisetophyta (Horsetails) 7) Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo) 8) Gnetophyta (Gnetophytes) 9) Hepaticophyta (Liverworts) 10) Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods) 11) Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) 12) Psilophyta (Whisk-ferns) 13) Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Classes
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1) Filicopsida 2) Polypodiopsida

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Families
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1) Anemiaceae (Flowering Fern family) 2) Aspleniaceae (Spleenwort family) 3) Blechnaceae (Chain Fern family) 4) Cyatheaceae (Tree Fern family) 5) Davalliaceae (Hanging Fern family) 6) Dennstaedtiaceae (Bracken Fern family) 7) Dicksoniaceae (Tree Fern family) 8) Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family) 9) Gleicheniaceae (Forking Fern family) 10) Grammitidaceae (Kihi Fern family) 11) Hymenophyllaceae (Filmy Fern family) 12) Lophosoriaceae (Diamond-leaf Fern family) 13) Lygodiaceae (Climbing Fern family) 14) Marattiaceae (Vessel Fern family) 15) Marsileaceae (Water-clover family) 16) Ophioglossaceae 17) Osmundaceae (Royal Fern family) 18) Parkeriaceae (Water Fern family) 19) Polypodiaceae (Polypody family) 20) Pteridaceae (Maidenhair Fern family) 21) Salviniaceae (Floating Fern family) 22) Schizaeaceae (Curly-grass family) 23) Thelypteridaceae (Marsh Fern family) 24) Vittariaceae (Shoestring Fern family)

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Genera (Pteridaceae)
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1) Acrostichum (leatherfern) 2) Adiantopsis (lipfern) 3) Adiantum (maidenhair fern) 4) Aleuritopteris (cloak fern) 5) Anopteris 6) Argyrochosma (false cloak fern) 7) Aspidotis (lacefern) 8) Astrolepis (cloakfern) 9) Bommeria (bommeria fern) 10) Cheilanthes (lipfern) 11) Coniogramme 12) Cryptogramma (rockbrake) 13) Doryopteris 14) Eriosorus 15) Gymnopteris (bommeria fern) 16) Hemionitis 17) Notholaena (cloak fern) 18) Onychium (anopteris) 19) Pellaea (cliffbrake) 20) Pentagramma (goldback fern) 21) Pityrogramma (goldback fern) 22) Psilogramme (eriosorus) 23) Pteris (brake fern) 24) Schizostege (brake fern) 25) Trismeria (goldback fern)

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Common names (Aleuritopteris)
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1) California cloak fern (Aleuritopteris cretacea subsp. nigrescens)

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More species:
1) Aleuritopteris cretacea auct. non (Liebm.) Fourn. [134]
2) Alhagi camelorum Fisch. [146]
3) Alhagi maurorum Medik. [810]
4) Alisma gramineum Lej. [372]
5) Alisma gramineum Lej. var. wahlenbergii auct. non (Holmb.) Raymond & Kucyniak [94]
6) Alisma plantago-aquatica L. [779]
7) Alisma plantago-aquatica L. var. brevipes (Greene) Victorin [100]
8) Allamanda blanchetii A. DC. [1317]
9) Alliaria alliaria (L.) Britton [90]
10) Allionia ciliata Standl. [142]

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