Galeotti's CloakfernCarl Rothfels
This scale-covered cloakfern, like its close relative N. aschenborniana, is most likely to be confused with species of Cheilanthes rather than with other Notholaena species. Underneath the scales, however, is the layer of farina characteristic of all species of core Notholaena. It is one of the few species of core Notholaena that make it across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and extends into Guatemala (Mickel & Smith 2004).
The brittle leaves of N. galeottii can get surprising large for a cloak fern, with some leaves reaching over 40cm long. The stipes and rachises of this species are clothed in attractive reddish scales, unlike the dominant whitish hairs of N. aschenborniana. For more information on distinguishing these species, see the N. aschenborniana page.
Notholaena aschenborniana (top) and Notholaena galeottii (bottom). © 2009 Carl Rothfels
Single-locus chloroplast data (Rothfels unpublished) place N. galeottii as the strongly supported sister species to N. aschenborniana, in core Notholaena I.
- Cheilanthes galeottii
- Chrysochosma galeottii
- Notholaena arsenii
- Notholaena hyalina
- Vernacular Names: Galeotti's Cloakfern
Mickel, J. T., and A. R. Smith. 2004. The Pteridophytes of Mexico. The New York Botanical Garden Press, New York.
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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