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The genus Cheilanthes is in the family Adiantaceae in the major group Pteridophytes (Ferns and fern allies).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cheilanthes

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Cheilanthes acrostica (Balb.) Tod.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes aemula Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes agetae (Saiki) C.M. Kuo	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes alabamensis (Buckley) Kunze	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes albofusca Baker	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes albomarginata C.B. Clarke	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes allosuroides Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes anceps Blanf.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes andina Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes angustifolia Kunth	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes apiacea Mickel	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes arequipensis (Maxon) R.M. Tryon & A.F. Tryon	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes argentea (S.G. Gmel.) Kunze	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes arizonica (Maxon) Mickel	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes aurantiaca (Cav.) T. Moore	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes balansae (Baker) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes bergiana Schltdl.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes bolborrhiza Mickel & Beitel	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes bonariensis (Willd.) Proctor	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes brachypus (Kunze) Kunze	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes brandegeei D.C. Eaton	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes brownii (Kuhn) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes bryopoda (Maxon) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes buchtienii (Rosenst.) R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes bullosa Kunze	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes bureaui (H. Christ) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes caesia H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes cantangensis (R.M. Tryon) R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes catanensis (Cosent.) H.P. Fuchs	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes chaerophylla (M. Martens & Galeotti) Kunze	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes cheiloglyphis (Fée) Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes chinensis (Baker) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes chipinquensis Knobloch & Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes chrysophylla Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes ciliata (M. Martens & Galeotti) Fée	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes clevelandii D.C. Eaton	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes complanata A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes covillei Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes cucullans Fée	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes culcita (Aiton) Desv.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes cuneata Kaulf. ex Link	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes dalhousiae Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes decomposita (M. Martens & Galeotti) Fée	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes decora (Brack.) R.M. Tryon & A.F. Tryon	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes decurrens Mickel	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes dichotoma Sw.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes dolomiticola (Schelpe) Schelpe & N.C. Anthony	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes doniana (S.K. Wu) Fraser-Jenk. & Khullar	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes dubia C. Hope	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes duclouxii (H. Christ) Ching	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes eatonii Baker	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes eckloniana Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes eriophora (Fée) Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes farinosa (Forssk.) Kaulf.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes feei T. Moore	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes fendleri Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes fimbriata (A.R. Sm.) Mickel & Beitel	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes formosana Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes fractifera R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes fraseri Mett. ex Kuhn	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes geraniifolia (Weath.) R.M. Tryon & A.F. Tryon	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes glauca (Cav.) Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes goyazensis (Taub.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes gracilis (Fée) Mett. ex Riehl	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes grevilleoides H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes grisea Blanf.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes harrisii Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes hastata Kunze	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes hieronymi Herter	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes hintoniorum Mendenhall & G.L. Nesom	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes horridula Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes hypoleuca (Kunze) Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes incarum Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes insignis Ching	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes intertexta (Maxon) Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes jamaicensis Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes kaulfussii Kunze	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes krameri Franch. & Sav.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes kuhnii Milde	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes kunzei Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes laciniata Sodiro	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes lanceolata (Bonap.) J.P. Roux	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes lanosa (Michx.) D.C. Eaton	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes leachii (Schelpe) Schelpe	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes lendigera (Cav.) Sw.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes leucopoda Link	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes lindheimeri Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes lonchophylla (R.M. Tryon) R.M. Tryon & A.F. Tryon	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes longipila Baker	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes lozanoi (Maxon) R.M. Tryon & A.F. Tryon	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes madagascariensis Baker	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes marginata Kunth	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes marlothii (Hieron.) Schelpe	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes marsupianthes (Fée) T. Reeves ex Mickel & A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes maxoniana Mickel	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes membranacea (Davenp.) Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes mexicana Davenp.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes mickelii T. Reeves	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes microphylla (Sw.) Sw.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes micropteris Sw.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes mollis (Kunze) C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes multifida (Sw.) Sw.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes myriophylla Desv.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes mysuriensis Wall. ex Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes namaquensis Schelpe	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes newberryi (D.C. Eaton) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes niphobola C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes notholaenoides (Desv.) Maxon ex Weath.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes nudiuscula (R. Br.) T. Moore	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes obducta Mett. ex Kuhn	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes orbignyana Kuhn	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes parryi (D.C. Eaton) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes paupercula (H. Christ) Fraser-Jenk.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes pellaeopsis Mickel	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes peninsularis Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes persica (Bory) Mett. ex Kuhn	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes peruviana (Desv.) T. Moore	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes pilosa Goldm.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes poeppigiana Kuhn	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes pringlei Davenp.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes pruinata Kaulf.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes pseudofarinosa (Ching & S.K. Wu) K. Iwats.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes pteridioides C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes purpusii T. Reeves	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes pyramidalis Fée	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes quadripinnata Kuhn	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes rawsonii Mett. ex Kuhn	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes recurvata Baker	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes robusta (Kuntze) R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes rosulata C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes rufa D. Don	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes rufopunctata Rosenst.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes scariosa (Sw.) C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes skinneri (Hook.) T. Moore	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes smithii (C. Chr.) R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes spiculata Mickel	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes squamosa Gillies & Hook. ex Grev.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes standleyi (Maxon) Mickel	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes subargentea (Ching in Y. L. Chang & al.) C.M. Kuo	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes subvillosa Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes tamburii (Hook.) T. Moore	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes tomentosa Link	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes tricholepis (Baker) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes tryonii T. Reeves	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes tweediana Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes veitchii (H. Christ) Ching	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes vellea (Aiton) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes venusta (Brade) R.M. Tryon & A.F. Tryon	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes vestita (Spreng.) Brack.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes villosa Davenp. ex Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes viscida Davenp.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes wootonii Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes wrightii Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes yatskievychiana Mickel	Accepted		TRO
Cheilanthes yavapensis T. Reeves ex Windham	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 513 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cheilanthes. Of these 155 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 53 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cheilanthes. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 513 species names for the genus Cheilanthes recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	155	30.2%
◕	Synonym	156	30.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	202	39.4%

All names

The status of the 566 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cheilanthes recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	161	28.4%
◕	Synonym	193	34.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	212	37.5%

The confidence with which the status of the 513 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cheilanthes, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	155	156	0	0	311	60.6%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	202	202	39.4%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Cheilanthes, are as follows: