Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Pellaea Link
CLIFF-BRAKE
Classification
POLYPODIALES
Pellaea
Citation
PELLAEA Link, Filicum Sp. 59. 1841, nom. cons. vs. Platyloma J. Smith 1841.
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TYPE: Pellaea atropurpurea (Linnaeus) Link, typ. cons. (Pteris atropurpurea Linnaeus)
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Pellaea atropurpurea PURPLE CLIFF-BRAKE; HAIRY CLIFF-BRAKE FERN Native Endangered-State
Pellaea viridis GREEN CLIFF-BRAKE Not Native
[Family identification key]
1.  Petiole and rachis pubescent, dark reddish brown to brownish black, the upper side not grooved
1.  Petiole and rachis glabrate, red-brown to purplish, the upper side grooved
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Ormopteris Ormopteris J. Smith, Hist. Filicum 281. 1875. TYPE: Ormopteris gleichenioides (Hooker) J. Smith (Cassebeera gleichenioides Hooker)
Pellaeopsis Pellaeopsis J. Smith, Hist. Filicum 289. 1875. TYPE: Pellaeopsis articulata (Kaulfuss ex Sprengel) J. Smith (Pteris articulata Kaulfuss ex Sprengel)
Platyloma Platyloma J. Smith, J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 160. 1841, non Rafinesque 1833, nom. rej. vs. Pellaea Link 1841. TYPE: Platyloma brownii J. Smith, nom. illegit. (Adiantum paradoxum R. Brown)
Pteridella Pteridella Mettenius ex Kuhn, in von der Decken, Reisen Ost-Afr. 3(3): 13. 1879. TYPE: Pteridella doniana (Hooker) Mettenius ex Kuhn (Pellaea doniana Hooker) Lectotypified by C. Christensen, Index Filicum XL. 1906.
Synochlamys Synochlamys Fee, Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Strasbourg 5: 35. 1857. TYPE: Synochlamys ambigua Fee