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>Argyrochosma microphylla is probably the most distinctive species of Argyrochosma 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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