Kingdom Plantae Order Polypodiales Genus Argyrochosma Higher classification Argyrochosma | Division Pteridophyta Family Pteridaceae Scientific name Argyrochosma jonesii Rank Species | |
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Similar Argyrochosma, Astrolepis cochisensis, Pteridaceae, Cheilanthes parryi, Pellaea truncata | ||
Argyrochosma jonesii, with the common name is Jones' false cloak fern, is a species of fern native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
It grows in cracks in calcareous ledges and slopes in and around the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts.
This fern produces leaves up to 15 centimeters long which are made up of leaflets subdivided into leathery, fleshy segments which are rounded to spade-shaped. Each sporangium contains 64 spores.
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