Roadless Areas
Home/Species/ Star Cloakfern

Notholaena standleyi

Maxon

Star Cloakfern

G4Apparently Secure Found in 16 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.149917
Element CodePPADI0G0M0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumFilicinophyta
ClassFilicopsida
OrderFilicales
FamilyPteridaceae
GenusNotholaena
Synonyms
Cheilanthes standleyi(Maxon) Mickel
Other Common Names
star cloak fern (EN)
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Taxonomic Comments
Rothfels et al. (2008) provide a phylogeny showing that the genus Notholaena (Pteridaceae) is paraphyletic, with some additions and resolution by Yatskievych and Arbelaez (2008). The generic placement of this taxon is in accordance with the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group I (2016).
Conservation Status
Review Date1984-01-19
Change Date1984-01-19
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
ColoradoS2Yes
ArizonaSNRYes
New MexicoSNRYes
TexasSNRYes
OklahomaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (16)
Arizona (10)
AreaForestAcres
Black CrossTonto National Forest5,966
BoulderTonto National Forest40,359
Butterfly Roadless AreaCoronado National Forest42,296
Catalina St. Pk. Roadless AreaCoronado National Forest951
GoldfieldTonto National Forest15,257
HackberryCoconino National Forest17,885
Horse MesaTonto National Forest9,146
Lime CreekTonto National Forest42,568
Middle Romero WSRCoronado National Forest60
SalomeTonto National Forest2,932
New Mexico (6)
AreaForestAcres
Apache Kid ContiguousCibola National Forest67,542
Contiguous To Black & Aldo Leopold WildernessGila National Forest111,883
Hell HoleGila National Forest19,553
Ryan HillCibola National Forest34,201
San JoseCibola National Forest16,950
Sawyers PeakGila National Forest59,743
References (5)
  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 1993a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 2. Pteridophytes and gymnosperms. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xvi + 475 pp.
  2. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  3. Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group I. 2016. A Community-Derived Classification for Extant Lycophytes and Ferns. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 54(6): 563–603.
  4. Rothfels, C.J., Windham, M.D., Grusz, A.L., Gastony, G.J., and K.M. Pryer. 2008. Toward a monophyletic <i>Notholaena</i> (Pteridaceae): Resolving patterns of evolutionary convergence in xeric-adapted ferns. Taxon 57(3): 712-724.
  5. Yatskievych, G., and A.L. Arbeláez. 2008. A new species and three generic transfers in the fern genus <i>Notholaena</i> (Pteridaceae). Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 18(1): 120-124.