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Argyrochosma dealbata

(Pursh) Windham

Powdery False Cloak Fern

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.158326

Element CodePPADI0N010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicendemic to a single nation

KingdomPlantae

PhylumFilicinophyta

ClassFilicopsida

OrderFilicales

FamilyPteridaceae

GenusArgyrochosma

Synonyms

Cheilanthes dealbataPurshNotholaena dealbata(Pursh) KunzePellaea dealbata(Pursh) Prantl

Other Common Names

Powdery Cloakfern (EN) Powdery Cloak Fern (EN) powdery false cloak fern (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

Sigel et al. (2011) confirmed that Argyrochosma is monophyletic. The generic placement of this taxon is in accordance with the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group I (2016).

Conservation Status

Review Date1986-04-08

Change Date1986-04-08

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Kansas	S3	Yes
Arkansas	S2	Yes
Kentucky	SX	Yes
Illinois	SNR	Yes
Missouri	SNR	Yes
Texas	SNR	Yes
Oklahoma	S2	Yes
Nebraska	SH	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Missouri (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Swan Creek Rare II Study Area	Mark Twain National Forest	7,310

References (3)

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group I. 2016. A Community-Derived Classification for Extant Lycophytes and Ferns. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 54(6): 563–603.
Sigel, E.M., Windham, M.D., Huiet, L., Yatskievych, G., and K.M. Pryer. 2011. Species relationships and farina evolution in the cheilanthoid fern genus <i>Argyrochosma</i> (Pteridaceae). Systematic Botany 36(3): 554-564.