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Aleuritopteris albomarginata (C. B. Cl.) Ching, Hong Kong Naturalist 10(3–4): 199 1941. (syn: Aleuritopteris dalhousieae (Hook.) Ching; Cheilanthes albomarginata C. B. Cl.; Cheilanthes dalhousiae Hook.; Cheilanthes farinosa var. albomarginata (C. B. Cl.) Bedd.; Cheilanthes farinosa var. dalhousiae (Hook.) C. B. Cl.; Leptolepidium dalhousiae (Hook.) K. H. Hsing & S. K. Wu);
. Indian Subcontinent to S. China and Indo-China, Taiwan to Philippines: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO (Hemionitis albomarginata (C.B.Clarke) Christenh.); .
China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan), S-Tibet, Bhutan, India (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Darjeeling, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra), Jammu & Kashmir, Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life;
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This was yesterday. The other Aleuritopteris I posted long ago, A. formosana, has dense white farna underneath but this one has just a smear. The pinna-costae also have scales underneath in A. albomarginata. Dr. Fraser-Jenkins has confirmed the ID.
Aleuritopteris albomarginata
Above Mcleodganj, HP
1800m 31 January 2017
Superb images again. Location: Kathmandu Valley
Date: October 2020
Elevation: 2600m.
Habitat : Wild
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Unfortunately the photographer never read any of the books on ferns, as they need to photograph the underside of the fronds for this genus, Aleuritopteris, to show the distribution of the scales.
I can therefore only guess that it is Aleuritopteris albomarginata – which has scales on the stipe, rachis, and pinna costae.
. References: POWO Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 (Cheilanthes albomarginata C.B. Clarke) Tropicos IPNI GBIF (with type specimen) Flora of China FOC illustration India Biodiversity Portal Wikipedia |
Aleuritopteris albomarginata
Updated on August 31, 2026