Global InformationArgyrochosma fendleri information
| Argyrochosma fendleri | |
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| Argyrochosma fendleri growing in a rock crevice | |
Conservation status
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 Vulnerable (NatureServe)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Family: | Pteridaceae |
| Genus: | Argyrochosma |
| Species: | A. fendleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Argyrochosma fendleri (Kunze) Windham
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| Synonyms | |
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Argyrochosma fendleri, Fendler's false cloak fern, is a fern known from the western United States and northwestern Mexico. It grows in rocky habitats, and is distinguished from other members of the genus by its zig-zag leaf axes. Like many species in the genus, it bears white powder on the underside of its leaves. First described as a species in 1851, it was transferred to the new genus Argyrochosma (the "false cloak ferns") in 1987, recognizing their distinctness from the "cloak ferns" (Notholaena sensu stricto).
- ^ NatureServe 2020.