Flora Zambesiaca
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| 1 | a | Under surface of lamina with whitish or orange-yellow powder go to 2 |
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| b | – Under surface of lamina without powder go to 3 |
| 2 | a | Powder on lamina whitish or pale-yellow FZ account for Cheilanthes farinosa |
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| b | – Powder on lamina orange-yellow FZ account for Cheilanthes mossambicensis |
| 3 | a | Lamina glabrous on both surfaces go to 4 |
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| b | – Lamina pubescent, pilose or tomentose go to 5 |
| 4 | a | Frond ovate, deltate, 3–4-pinnate FZ account for Cheilanthes multifida |
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| b | – Frond narrowly elliptic, 2–3-pinnatifid FZ account for Cheilanthes angustifrondosa |
| 5 | a | Fronds strongly dimorphous, with the fertile fronds taller and more divided FZ account for Cheilanthes similis |
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| b | – Fronds uniform go to 6 |
| 6 | a | Lamina thinly pubescent on both surfaces; stipe pilose, not becoming glabrous with age go to 7 |
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| b | – Lamina pilose or tomentose below go to 8 |
| 7 | a | Rhizome erect; frond ovate-triangular, 4–5-pinnatifid FZ account for Cheilanthes bergiana |
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| b | – Rhizome shortly creeping; frond narrowly elliptic, 2-pinnate FZ account for Cheilanthes hirta |
| 8 | a | Pinnae tomentose and with lanceolate lacerate scales on the costae and costules below FZ account for Cheilanthes eckloniana |
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| b | – Pinnae tomentose or pilose below but without lacerate scales go to 9 |
| 9 | a | Fronds proliferous, pilose FZ account for Cheilanthes leachii |
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| b | – Fronds not proliferous, pilose to tomentose below Key to Cheilanthes inaequalis FZ account for Cheilanthes inaequalis |
