Cheilanthes sieberi Kunze GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Cheilanthes

Family:

Pteridaceae

Nomen number:

446236

Place of publication:

Hort. univ. lit. lip. 1839

Verified:

04/16/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Reference(s)

Clark, I. A. & C. K. Dimmock. 1971. The toxicity of Cheilanthes sieberi to cattle and sheep. Austral. Veterin. J. 47(4):149-152.
Connor, H. E. 1992. The poisonous plants of New Zealand.
George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Smith, B. L et al. 1989. Carcinogen in rock fern (Cheilanthes sieberi) from New Zealand and Australia. Austral. Veterin. J. 66:154-155, 230-231.

Common names

English
mulga fern –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Australian Capital Territory
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	New South Wales
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Northern Territory
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Queensland
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	South Australia
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Tasmania
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Victoria
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Western Australia
1	Native	Australasia	New Zealand	New Zealand
1	Native	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	New Caledonia

Native
Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia]
NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Pacific

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Vertebrate poisons	mammals		Connor, H. E. 1992. The poisonous plants of New Zealand.