View source for Argyrochosma microphylla

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|accepted_name=Argyrochosma microphylla
|accepted_authority=(Mettenius ex Kuhn) Windham
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. Fern J.
|place=77: 40. 1987
|year=1987
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Pellaea microphylla
|authority=Mettenius ex Kuhn
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cheilanthes parvifolia
|authority=(R. M. Tryon) Mickel
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Notholaena parvifolia
|authority=R. M. Tryon
}}
|hierarchy=Pteridaceae;Argyrochosma;Argyrochosma microphylla
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Pteridaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Argyrochosma]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Argyrochosma microphylla]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stem </b>scales brown. <b>Leaves</b> 7–25 cm. <b>Petiole</b> brown, 0.75–1.5 mm diam. <b>Blade</b> deltate to ovate, 3–4-pinnate proximally, leathery, abaxially and adaxially glabrous; rachis flattened or shallowly grooved adaxially. <b>Pinna</b> costae straight to somewhat flexuous, branches rarely arising from prominent angles. <b>Ultimate</b> segments articulate, dark color of stalks stopping abruptly at segment bases; segment margins recurved to revolute, often concealing sporangia; veins obscure adaxially. <b>Sporangia</b> submarginal, borne on distal 1/3 of secondary veins, containing 64 spores. <b>2n</b> = 54.</span><!--

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|phenology=Sporulating summer–fall.
|habitat=Rocky limestone hillsides and cliffs
|elevation=300–2100 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;n Mexico.
|discussion=<p><i>Argyrochosma microphylla</i> is probably the most distinctive species of <i>Argyrochosma</i> in the flora. Chromosome studies by I. W. Knobloch et al. (1973) suggest that it may include diploid and tetraploid cytotypes.</p>
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name=Argyrochosma microphylla
|author=
|authority=(Mettenius ex Kuhn) Windham
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Cheilanthes parvifolia;Notholaena parvifolia
|basionyms=Pellaea microphylla
|family=Pteridaceae
|phenology=Sporulating summer–fall.
|habitat=Rocky limestone hillsides and cliffs
|elevation=300–2100 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;n Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Amer. Fern J.
|publication year=1987
|special status=
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|genus=Argyrochosma
|species=Argyrochosma microphylla
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