{{Short description|Genus of ferns}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Astrolepis sinuata 2.jpg | image_caption = ''Astrolepis sinuata'' | taxon = Astrolepis | authority = D.M.Benham & Windham<ref name="GRIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?18078 |title=Genus: ''Astrolepis'' D. M. Benham & Windham |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2005-10-13 |access-date=2011-11-06}}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }}
'''''Astrolepis''''' is a small genus of ferns in the family Pteridaceae. It was formed in 1992 from species previously placed in ''Cheilanthes'' and ''Notholaena''. The name is derived from the Greek words ἄστρον ({{transliteration|grc|astron}}), meaning "star," and λεπίς ({{transliteration|grc|lepis}}), meaning "scale," referring to the star-like scales on adaxial blade surfaces. Members of the genus are commonly known as '''star-scaled cloak ferns''' and are native to the Americas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=103000 |first=Dale M. |last=Benham |author2=Michael D. Windham |title='''Astrolepis''' D. M. Benham & Windham, Amer. Fern J. 82: 55. 1992. |work=Flora of North America |publisher=eFloras.org |access-date=2011-11-06}}</ref>
==Species== {{As of|2020|January}}, the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' recognized the following species:<ref name=CFLW/> *''Astrolepis cochisensis'' <small>(Goodd.) D.M.Benham & Windham</small> – Cochise scaly cloakfern *''Astrolepis crassifolia'' <small>(Houlston & T.Moore) D.M.Benham & Windham</small> *''Astrolepis deltoidea'' <small>(Baker) J.B.Beck & Windham</small> *''Astrolepis integerrima'' <small>(Hook.) D.M.Benham & Windham</small> – hybrid cloakfern *''Astrolepis laevis'' <small>(M.Martens & Galeotti) Mickel</small> *''Astrolepis obscura'' <small>J.B.Beck & Windham</small> *''Astrolepis sinuata'' <small>(Lag. ex Sw.) D.M.Benham & Windham</small> – wavy scaly cloakfern *''Astrolepis windhamii'' <small>D.M.Benham</small> – Windham's scaly cloakfern
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=CFLW>{{Citation |mode=cs1 |last1=Hassler |first1=Michael |last2=Schmitt |first2=Bernd |date=November 2019 |contribution=Astrolepis |title=Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World |at=8.11 |url=https://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/ |access-date=2020-01-01 |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> }}
==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Astrolepis|''Astrolepis''}} *{{Wikispecies-inline|Astrolepis|''Astrolepis''}} *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?92,104 Jepson Manual Treatment] *[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ASTRO USDA Plants Profile]
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Category:Pteridaceae Category:Fern genera
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