Summary description from Wikipedia:

Pellaea atropurpurea in languages:

English

purple-stem cliffbrake

French

pelléade à stipe pourpre

Russian

Пеллея тёмно-пурпурная

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Parent Taxon

• Pellaea

Sibling Taxa

• Pellaea ambigua
• Pellaea andromedifolia
• Pellaea angolensis
• Pellaea angulosa
• Pellaea atropurpurea
• Pellaea boivinii
• Pellaea brachyptera
• Pellaea breweri
• Pellaea bridgesii
• Pellaea calidirupium
• Pellaea calomelanos
• Pellaea cordifolia
• Pellaea dura
• Pellaea falcata
• Pellaea gastonyi
• Pellaea glabella
• Pellaea glauca
• Pellaea intermedia
• Pellaea leucomelas
• Pellaea longipilosa
• Pellaea lyngholmii
• Pellaea mucronata
• Pellaea myrtillifolia
• Pellaea nana
• Pellaea notabilis
• Pellaea oaxacana
• Pellaea ovata
• Pellaea paradoxa
• Pellaea pectiniformis
• Pellaea pringlei
• Pellaea prolifera
• Pellaea pteroides
• Pellaea regnelliana
• Pellaea reynoldsii
• Pellaea rotundifolia
• Pellaea rufa
• Pellaea sagittata
• Pellaea striata
• Pellaea ternifolia
• Pellaea timorensis
• Pellaea tomentosa
• Pellaea tripinnata
• Pellaea truncata
• Pellaea villosa
• Pellaea wrightiana

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