Astrolepis integerrima (Hooker) D.M. Benham & Windham. Common name: Southwestern Cloak Fern. Phenology: Jun-Oct. Habitat: On outcrops of calcareous rocks (such as Ketona dolostone in Bibb County, AL). Distribution: TX, OK, NM, AZ, and NV south into Mexico; disjunct in c. AL (Bibb County); also disjunct in Hispaniola.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: This taxon is apparently an apogamous triploid derived from Astrolepis cochisensis (Goodding) D.M. Benham & Windham and an unknown taxon.
Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, FNA2, K4, NS, TxFerns; = Astrolepis ×integerrima (Hook.) D.M. Benham & Windham; = Cheilanthes integerrima (Hook.) Mickel; = Hemionitis integerrima (Hook.) Christenh. — POWO, Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng (2018); = Notholaena integerrima (Hook.) Hevly; = Notholaena sinuata (Lag. ex Sw.) D.M.Benham & Windham var. integerrima Hook. — GrPl; = Pellaea species 1. Basionym: Notholaena sinuata (Lag. ex Sw.) D.M.Benham & Windham var. integerrima Hook. 1864
Links to other floras: = Astrolepis integerrima - FNA2
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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© Alan Cressler: Astrolepis integerrima, Danger Glade, Ketona Dolomite, Bibb County, Alabama 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Astrolepis integerrima, Cloakfern Glade, Ketona Dolomite, Kathy Stiles Freeland Bibb County Glades Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Bibb County, Alabama 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Astrolepis integerrima, Slaughter Canyon Cave Trail, Slaughter Canyon, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy County, New Mexico 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷Feedback
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