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Pteridaceae
Astrolepis

not marked as a favorite taxon Astrolepis sinuata (Lagasca y Segura ex Swartz) D.M. Benham & Windham ssp. sinuata. Common name: Wavy Cloak Fern. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Granitic outcrops and boulders, outcrops of acidic gneiss. Distribution: OK, e., c. and w. TX, NM, and AZ, south into Central and South America; West Indies; disjunct in GA and w. SC; disjunct in w. LA (on a bridge pillar). Recently found in upstate SC (McMillan et al. 2018).

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ID notes: Its leaves are pinnate-pinnatifid, with 30-60 pairs of pinnae.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA2, K4, Meso1, NS, TxFerns; Acrostichum sinuatum Lag. ex Sw.; = n/a — RAB; = Notholaena sinuata (Lag. ex Sw.) Kaulf. var. sinuata — Tx; < Astrolepis sinuata (Lag. ex Sw.) D.M.Benham & Windham — ETx1; < Cheilanthes sinuata (Lag. ex Sw.) Domin; < Hemionitis sinuata (Lag. ex Sw.) Christenh. — POWO, Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng (2018); < Notholaena sinuata (Lag. ex Sw.) Kaulf. — S13; < Pellaea species 2. Basionym: Acrostichum sinuatum Lag. ex Sw. 1806

Links to other floras: = Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata - FNA2

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image #1 of Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata© Alan Cressler: Astrolepis sinuata, The Wall, Oconee County, South Carolina 5 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata© Alan Cressler: Astrolepis sinuata, Slaughter Canyon Cave Trail, Slaughter Canyon, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy County, New Mexico 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷

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