Pteridaceae

Brewer's cliffbrake

Kirkpatrickia breweri (D.C.Eaton) Li Bing Zhang, X.M.Zhou & Jing Zhao

Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Kirkpatrickia

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Brewer's cliffbrake: Pellaea breweri on ridge above Cathedral Rock, Spring Mountains , southern Nevada — Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English: Brewer's cliffbrake

Synonyms

Allosorus breweri Kuntze
Hemionitis breweri (Eat.Pr.) Christenh.
Pellaea breweri D.C.Eaton

Photos

Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.