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Pteridaceae
Cheilanthes

not marked as a favorite taxon *Cheilanthes viridis (Forsskål) Swartz var. viridis. Common name: Green Cliffbrake. Habitat: Wet hammocks, outcrop of Altamaha Grit. Distribution: Native of Africa. This species is naturalized on an Altamaha Grit outcrop in Coffee County, GA (J. Allison, pers. comm.).

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Origin/Endemic status: Subsaharan Africa

Other Comments: Various infraspecific taxa have been recognized in the native range.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Yatskievych (2020); Pteris viridis Forssk. = n/a — FNA2; = Pellaea viridis (Forssk.) Prantl var. viridis; < Cheilanthes viridis (Forssk.) Sw.; < Hemionitis viridis (Forssk.) Christenh. — POWO, Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng (2018); < Oeosporangium viride (Forssk.) Fraser-Jenk. & Pariyar — K4; < Pellaea viridis (Forssk.) Prantl — Fl1, NS, WH3. Basionym: Pteris viridis Forssk. 1775

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