Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXVII. Pteridaceae Author Kessler, Michael Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH- 8008 Zurich, Switzerland Author Smith, Alan R. University Herbarium, 1001 Valley Life Sciences Bldg. # 2465, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 - 2465 Author Prado, Jefferson Instituto de Botânica, Av. Miguel Estéfano, 3687, CEP 04301 - 902, São Paulo, SP, Brasil text Phytotaxa 2017 2017-12-22 332 3 201 250 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.332.3.1 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.332.3.1 1179-3163 Cheilanthes orbygniana Mett. ex Kuhn, Linnaea 36: 82. 1869 . Range: —Northern Peru to Bolivia (CH); not found in Bolivia since the type was collected around 1830 . Ecology: —Rare (known from a single collection); saxicolous; 2300 m . Notes: —Blades 2-pinnate-pinnatifid to 4-pinnate; rhizome scales concolorous, brown. Larger than most other species of Cheilanthes , and blades more dissected.