{{Short description|Genus of ferns}} {{automatic taxobox | image = Ferns- British and exotic (Pl. XII) (5984865451).jpg | image_alt = Illustration of "Aleuritopteris argentea" (formerly "Cheilanthes argentea"), the silver cloak fern | image_caption = Illustration of ''Aleuritopteris argentea'' (formerly ''Cheilanthes argentea''), the silver cloak fern | taxon = Aleuritopteris | authority = Fée<ref name=PPGI/> | synonyms = {{Genus list |Allosorus|Bernh. |Leptolepidium|K.H.Shing & S.K.Wu |Sinopteris|C.Chr. & Ching. }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=PPGI/><ref name=CFLW/> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }}
'''''Aleuritopteris''''' is a genus of ferns in the Cheilanthoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae.<ref name=PPGI/><ref name=Christenhusz-2011/> As with some other genera of the Cheilanthoideae, molecular phylogenetic studies have suggested that it is not monophyletic,<ref name=PPGI/> and so may need to be circumscribed differently in future.
==Taxonomy== ''Aleuritopteris'' is one of a number of genera split off from ''Cheilanthes'' in some approaches,<ref name=CFLW/> including the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), in which the genus has about 40 species.<ref name=PPGI/> {{As of|2019|August}}, Plants of the World Online includes ''Aleuritopteris'' within ''Hermionitis'',<ref name=POWO_17368340-1/> a much smaller Cheilanthoideae genus in PPG I.<ref name=PPGI/> ''Allosorus'' was recognized as a separate genus in PPG I, but was included in ''Aleuritopteris'' by the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' {{As of|2020|January|lc=yes}} on the grounds that it was wrongly lectotypified.<ref name=CFLW/>
===Species=== {{As of|2019|December}}, the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' recognized the following species and hybrids:<ref name=CFLW/> {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} *''Aleuritopteris agetae'' <small>Saiki</small> *''Aleuritopteris albofusca'' <small>(Baker) Pic. Serm.</small> *''Aleuritopteris albomarginata'' <small>(C.B.Clarke) Ching</small> *''Aleuritopteris anceps'' <small>(Blanf.) Panigrahi</small> *''Aleuritopteris argentea'' <small>(S.G.Gmel.) Fée</small> *''Aleuritopteris aurantiaca'' <small>(Cav.) Ching</small> *''Aleuritopteris belensis'' <small>(Weath. ex Copel.) H.Schneid.</small> *''Aleuritopteris bicolor'' <small>(Roxb.) Fraser-Jenk.</small> *''Aleuritopteris bullosa'' <small>(Kunze) Ching</small> *''Aleuritopteris chrysophylla'' <small>(Hook.) Ching</small> *''Aleuritopteris'' × ''confundans'' <small>Fraser-Jenk.</small> *''Aleuritopteris dealbata'' <small>(C.Presl) Fée</small> *''Aleuritopteris dubia'' <small>(Hope) Ching</small> *''Aleuritopteris duclouxii'' <small>(Christ) Ching</small> *''Aleuritopteris duthiei'' <small>(Baker) Ching</small> *''Aleuritopteris ebenipes'' <small>X.C.Zhang</small> *''Aleuritopteris farinosa'' <small>(Forsk.) Fée</small> *''Aleuritopteris formosana'' <small>(Hayata) Tagawa</small> *''Aleuritopteris'' × ''fraser-jenkinsii'' <small>(Thapa) Fraser-Jenk. & Khullar</small> *''Aleuritopteris'' × ''gardneri'' <small>Fraser-Jenk.</small> *''Aleuritopteris'' × ''godavariensis'' <small>Fraser-Jenk. & Khullar</small> *''Aleuritopteris gongshanensis'' <small>G.M.Zhang</small> *''Aleuritopteris grevilleoides'' <small>(Christ) G.M.Zhang & X.C.Zhang</small> *''Aleuritopteris grisea'' <small>(Blanf.) Panigrahi</small> *''Aleuritopteris hainanensis'' <small>Zhang, B., (2026)</small><ref>Zhang, B., Wang, T., Zhang, G. L., Zhao, G. H., Liu, Z. Y., Wang, F. G., Yan, Y. H., & Chen, H. F. (2026). Aleuritopteris hainanensis (Pteridaceae), a new species from Hainan, China. Ecology and Evolution, 16, e72770. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72770</ref> *''Aleuritopteris'' × ''hamiltonii'' <small>Fraser-Jenk.</small> *''Aleuritopteris'' × ''khasiana'' <small>Fraser-Jenk.</small> *''Aleuritopteris krameri'' <small>(Franch. & Sav.) Ching</small> *''Aleuritopteris leptolepis'' <small>(Fraser-Jenk.) Fraser-Jenk.</small> *''Aleuritopteris'' × ''nepalensis'' <small>Fraser-Jenk.</small> *''Aleuritopteris niphobola'' <small>(C.Chr.) Ching</small> *''Aleuritopteris'' × ''pangteyi'' <small>Fraser-Jenk. & E.Wollenw.</small> *''Aleuritopteris papuana'' <small>(C.Chr.) H.Schneid.</small> *''Aleuritopteris parishii'' <small>Fraser-Jenk.</small> *''Aleuritopteris pygmaea'' <small>Ching</small> *''Aleuritopteris rosulata'' <small>(C.Chr.) Ching</small> *''Aleuritopteris rouxii'' <small>Fraser-Jenk. & E.Wollenw.</small> *''Aleuritopteris rufa'' <small>(D.Don) Ching</small> *''Aleuritopteris scioana'' <small>(Chiov.) Fraser-Jenk. & Dulawat</small> *''Aleuritopteris siamensis'' <small>S.K.Wu</small> *''Aleuritopteris sichouensis'' <small>Ching & S.K.Wu</small> *''Aleuritopteris speciosa'' <small>Ching & S.K.Wu</small> *''Aleuritopteris squamosa'' <small>(Hope & Wright) Ching</small> *''Aleuritopteris stenochlamys'' <small>Ching</small> *''Aleuritopteris subargentea'' <small>Ching ex S.K.Wu</small> *''Aleuritopteris subdimorpha'' <small>(C.B.Clarke & Baker) Fraser-Jenk.</small> *''Aleuritopteris tamburii'' <small>(Hook.) Ching</small> *''Aleuritopteris'' × ''unicolor'' <small>Fraser-Jenk. & Khullar</small> *''Aleuritopteris veitchii'' <small>(Christ) Ching</small> *''Aleuritopteris'' × ''vermae'' <small>(Fraser-Jenk. & Viane) Fraser-Jenk. & Khullar</small> *''Aleuritopteris'' × ''wallichiana'' <small>Fraser-Jenk.</small> *''Aleuritopteris welwitschii'' <small>(Hook. ex Baker) Ching</small> *''Aleuritopteris wollenweberi'' <small>Fraser-Jenk.</small> *''Aleuritopteris yalungensis'' <small>H.S.Kung</small> {{Div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=Christenhusz-2011>{{cite journal | first1=Maarten J. M. | last1=Christenhusz | first2=Xian-Chun | last2=Zhang | first3=Harald | last3=Schneider | title=A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns | journal=Phytotaxa | volume=19 | pages=7–54 | date=18 February 2011 | url=http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2011/f/pt00019p054.pdf | issn=1179-3163| doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2 }}</ref>
<ref name=CFLW>{{Citation |mode=cs1 |last1=Hassler |first1=Michael |last2=Schmitt |first2=Bernd |date=June 2019 |contribution=Aleuritopteris |title=Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World |volume=8 |issue=2 |url=https://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/ |accessdate=2019-08-14 |name-list-style=amp |archive-date=2017-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902225743/http://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=POWO_17368340-1>{{cite web |title=''Aleuritopteris'' Fée |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17368340-1 |accessdate=2019-08-14 }}</ref>
<ref name=PPGI>{{citation |mode=cs1|author=PPG I |year=2016 |title=A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns |journal=Journal of Systematics and Evolution |volume=54 |issue=6 |pages=563–603 |doi=10.1111/jse.12229|s2cid=39980610 |doi-access=free }}</ref> }}
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Category:Aleuritopteris Category:Fern genera Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Taxa named by Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée