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Ecklon's Lip Fern

Cheilanthes eckloniana

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 63, February 69, March 67, April 62, May 78, June 38, July 32, August 31, September 14, October 33, November 54, December 71.
South Africa612
Gauteng235
Eastern Cape133
Free State107
Nothern Cape73
KwaZulu-Natal41
Western Cape13
Limpopo4
Mpumalanga4

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassFerns · Polypodiopsida
OrderPolypodiales
Familybrake family · Pteridaceae
GenusLip Ferns · Cheilanthes

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