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Parent Taxon

• Pteridaceae

Sibling Taxa

• Adiantopsis
• Aleuritopteris
• Argyrochosma
• Aspidotis
• Astrolepis
• Baja
• Bommeria
• Calciphilopteris
• Cheilanthes
• Cheiloplecton
• Doryopteris
• Gaga
• Hemionitis
• Lytoneuron
• Mickelopteris
• Mildella
• Myriopteris
• Notholaena
• Oeosporangium
• Ormopteris
• Paraceterach
• Paragymnopteris
• Pellaea
• Pentagramma
• Trachypteris

Child Taxa

• Astrolepis cochisensis
• Astrolepis crassifolia
• Astrolepis integerrima
• Astrolepis laevis
• Astrolepis sinuata
• Astrolepis windhamii

Top Observation Places

• Tepatitlán de Morelos
• El Pueblito
• Acámbaro
• San Miguel de Allende
• Guanajuato
• Monterrey
• Santa Catarina
• San Pedro Garza García
• Coacalco
• Iztapalapa
• Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl
• Álvaro Obregón
• Coyoacán
• Tlalpan
• Xochimilco
• Benito Juárez
• Iztacalco
• Xico
• Benito Juarez
• Tláhuac
• Colonia del Valle
• Magdalena Contreras
• Los Reyes Acaquilpan
• Colonia Nativitas