Cheilanthes viridis

Cheilanthes viridis (Forssk.) Swartz var. macrophylla (Kunze) Schelpe et N.C. Anthony (syn.: C. hastata (L. f.) Kunze var. macrophylla Kunze, Pellaea viridis (Forssk.) Prantl var. macrophylla (Kunze) Sim) (Afr.) – An exceptional alien, more or less regularly recorded as a greenhouse weed (under tomatoes) in Wachtebeke since 2005 (now gone). As for Anogramma chaerophylla the vector of introduction of Cheilanthes viridis in Wachtebeke remains uncertain (industrial dust from a nearby steel plant has been suggested; see White 2009). According to Altman (1998) it is sometimes cultivated for ornament (indoors).

Herbarium specimen

Whole leaf

Cheilanthes viridis, ex culto (greenhouse weed Wachtebeke), I. Van Hecke

Cheilanthes viridis, ex culto (greenhouse weed Wachtebeke), I. Van Hecke

Sori of Cheilanthes viridis

Cheilanthes viridis, ex culto (greenhouse weed Wachtebeke), I. Van HeckeCheilanthes viridis, ex culto (greenhouse weed Wachtebeke), I. Van Hecke

Cheilanthes viridis, ex culto (greenhouse weed Wachtebeke), I. Van Hecke Cheilanthes viridis, ex culto (greenhouse weed Wachtebeke), I. Van Hecke
 


Literature

Altman B. (1998) Kamervarens. Lisse, Zuidboek Producties: 144 p.

White W. (2009) Adventieve tropische varens in een kweekserre: industrieel fijn stof als een mogelijke dispersievector. Dumortiera 96: 23-26.

Yatskievych G. (2020) The Status of the Non-Native Fern Cheilanthes viridis (Pteridaceae) in the United States. Lundellia 23(1): 19-27. [available online at: https://bioone.org/journals/lundellia/volume-23/issue-1/1097-993X-23.1.1...

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith