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Accession Data:

Hemionitis sinuata (Lag.) Christenh.

  • Common Name: Wavy Scaly Cloak Fern
  • Family: Pteridaceae Ching
  • Synonym(s): Astrolepis sinuata (Lag. ex Sw.) D.M.Benham & Windham, Cheilanthes sinuata (Lag. ex Sw.) Domin

  • Country of Origin: southwestern USA to Central America, western S. America
  • Habitat: xeric fern of dry, rocky places

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 202300064
  • Source: AFS spore bank
  • Provenance: 
    AFS spore bank #333. Spores from Brian Aikins as Astrolepis sinuata, collected Nov 2019, sown Mar 18 2021
  • Accession Date: 05-10-2023
  • Bench: 2116 - MED:Mattoral B
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 03-12-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Ferns
  • Class: Polypodiopsida
  • SubClass: Polypodiidae
  • Order: Polypodiales
  • SubOrder: Pteridinae
  • Family: Pteridaceae
  • SubFamily: Cheilanthoideae
  • Tribe:
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Current Accessions in the Pteridaceae

Subfamily Cheilanthoideae

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  • Doryopteris concolor
  • Hemionitis arifolia
  • Hemionitis sinuata
  • Pellaea rotundifolia
  • Pellaea viridis

Subfamily Cryptogrammoideae

  • Coniogramme intermedia

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  • Adiantum hispidulum cv.
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  • Adiantum raddianum cv.
  • Vittaria lineata
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