| Pteridophyte | Literature for Cheilanthes viridis
Palmer, 2003. |
| Pteridaceae | Bibliography |
| Cheilanthes viridis | |
Common name(s): green cliff brake |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native of southern Africa.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Kaua`i, O`ahu, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i. | |
| Habitat | Most commonly in dry exposed areas | |
| Elevation | 10-700 m |
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| Habit |
Rhizomes short-creeping, scales light brown to black with dark midrib and light margins. |
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| Leaves |
Fronds 25-80 cm long; stipes closely spaced, round at base, flattened distally with marginal ridges, dark brown to blackish, mostly glabrous; blade 2-pinnate to 2-pinnate-pinnatisect, lanceolate to ovate-triangular 24-60 x 12-27 cm, tips similar to a pinnule, not pinnatifid; rachises and costae dark brown to black, shiny, grooved with marginal tan ridges, grooves continuous between rachis and costae; pinnae 10-19 pairs, to 15+ cm long, stalked, again 1-pinnate to 1-pinnate-pinnatisect, lanceolate, tips obtuse, similar to lateral pinnules; pinnules 2-6 pairs per pinna, short-stalked, linear-triangular, mostly glabrous, bases hastate, margins entire, slightly revolute, apexes acute to obtuse, basiscopic pinnules larger than acroscopic one; veins free, forked, distinct, anastomosing to form marginal commissural veins. |
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| Sori |
Sori continuous over marginal commissural veins; false indusia continuous, thin, delicate, crenulate, opening toward costae. |
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| Notes |
Latin viridis, green. |
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| Contributor |
Nancy Khan |