View source for Pellaea brachyptera

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|accepted_name=Pellaea brachyptera
|accepted_authority=(T. Moore) Baker
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in Hooker & Baker, Syn. Fil. ed. 2
|place=477. 1874
|year=1874
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|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Platyloma brachyptera
|authority=T. Moore
|rank=species
|publication_title=Gard. Chron.,
|publication_place=141. 1873
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Pteridaceae;Pellaea;Pellaea brachyptera
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Pteridaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pellaea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Pellaea brachyptera]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>compact, ascending, stout, 5–10 mm diam.; scales bicolored, linear-subulate, 0.1–0.3 mm wide, centers dark brown to black, thick, margins brown, thin, dentate. <b>Leaves</b> monomorphic, clustered on stem, 8–40 cm; croziers sparsely villous. <b>Petiole</b> dark brown, lustrous, flattened or slightly grooved adaxially, without prominent articulation lines. <b>Blade</b> linear-oblong, 2-pinnate proximally, 1–4 cm wide; rachis brown throughout, straight, shallowly grooved adaxially, usually glabrous. <b>Pinnae</b> strongly ascending, not decurrent on rachis, usually with 5–11 ultimate segments; costae straight, 5–20 mm, usually shorter than ultimate segments. <b>Ultimate</b> segments linear, 5–20 mm, leathery, glabrous; margins on fertile segments strongly revolute, covering more than 1/2 abaxial surface, borders greenish, crenate; apex mucronate. <b>Veins</b> of ultimate segments obscure. <b>Sporangia</b> short-stalked, containing 64 spores, intermixed with abundant farina-producing glands.</span><!--

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|phenology=Sporulating summer–fall.
|habitat=Cliffs and rocky slopes, usually on igneous substrates, occasionally on serpentine
|elevation=900–2700 m
|distribution=Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.
|discussion=<p>The distinctive <i>Pellaea brachyptera</i> reportedly hybridizes with <i>P. mucronata</i> (A. F. Tryon 1957; D. B. Lellinger 1985); the hybrids are morphologically intermediate plants with malformed spores.</p>
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name=Pellaea brachyptera
|authority=(T. Moore) Baker
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Platyloma brachyptera
|family=Pteridaceae
|phenology=Sporulating summer–fall.
|habitat=Cliffs and rocky slopes, usually on igneous substrates, occasionally on serpentine
|elevation=900–2700 m
|distribution=Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=in Hooker & Baker, Syn. Fil. ed. 2
|publication year=1874
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Pellaea
|species=Pellaea brachyptera
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