Argyrochosma microphylla(Kuhn) Windham

small-leaf false cloak fern

WFO wfo-0001114272 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Argyrochosma microphylla, photographed by Reid Hardin
fig. a Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-07 / obs. 196142662
Argyrochosma microphylla, photographed by Reid Hardin
fig. b Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196080123
Argyrochosma microphylla, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. c Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 122747442
Argyrochosma microphylla, photographed by Francisco Martínez González
fig. d Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 97654390
Argyrochosma microphylla, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. e Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 64213979
Argyrochosma microphylla, photographed by Alex
fig. f Alex, CC0 1.0 / obs. 63777434
Argyrochosma microphylla, photographed by Alex
fig. g Alex, CC0 1.0 / obs. 63777648
Argyrochosma microphylla, photographed by Francisco Martínez González
fig. h Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 62569639

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Native range 4 botanical countries

Regions where Argyrochosma microphylla is native: Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, New Mexico, Texas Mexico NortheastMexico NorthwestNew MexicoTexas
Native distribution of Argyrochosma microphylla, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Mexico Northeast MXE NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Northwest MXN
New Mexico NWM
Texas TEX

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 5 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cheilanthes parvifolia (R.M.Tryon) Mickel
  • Hemionitis vooshvazool Christenh.
  • Notholaena parvifolia Tryon
  • Pellaea microphylla Mett.
  • Pellaea pulchella var. microphylla (Mett. ex Kuhn) Baker

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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