Characteristics
Pteridophytes
Pellaea atropurpurea (L.) Link
Purple Cliffbrake; Purple Stem Cliffbrake; Hairy Cliffbrake
Herb
Perennial
Vascular
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Native
G5 (Global Rank)
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Classification
Polypodiales
Pellaea atropurpurea (L.) Link - Purple Cliffbrake; Purple Stem Cliffbrake; Hairy Cliffbrake
Citation
<a href=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106314222&view=1up&seq=71>Pellaea atropurpurea (Linnaeus) Link, Fil. Spec. 59. 1841.</a>
<a href=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/359097>Pteris atropurpurea L. 1753.</a>
<a href=https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/82d6a92e-ac8d-4aad-b761-e945168f7f14>USA: VIRGINIA: Without data, Clayton 682 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by R. M. Tryon, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 44: 144. 1957.</a>
Species Distribution Map
Specimens and Distribution
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