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Pteridaceae
Myriopteris

not marked as a favorite taxon Myriopteris gracilis Fée. Common name: Slender Lipfern. Phenology: Mar-Nov. Habitat: Dry outcrops of calcareous sedimentary rocks (dolostone), other rock outcrops. Distribution: Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana, Alberta, and British Columbia south to Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, s. California, and n. Mexico (Chihuahua and Coahuila); disjunct eastward in Kentucky, w. Virginia, and c. North Carolina. Known from a dolostone cliff in Pulaski County, Virginia, where disjunct about 450 km east of a population in Bullitt County, Kentucky, and an additional 200 km from other populations in Illinois (Wieboldt & Bentley 1982, Porter & Wieboldt 1991); an additional eastern collection from 1930 has recently come to light, from Durham Co. in nc. North Carolina (Rothfels, Sigel, & Windham 2012).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: The species is an apogamous triploid of unknown parentage. This asexual triploid species shows considerable genetic diversity, with eastern populations (driftless area of WI and MN south to MO Ozarks; and disjunct populations eastwards) forming a clade separate from more western populations (Wickell et al. 2017).

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, K4, Grusz & Windham (2013); = Cheilanthes feei T. Moore — Ar, C, ETx1, FNA2, G, GrPl, Il, K1, Mo1, NS, S13, Tx, TxFerns, Va, W, Lellinger (1985); = Hemionitis feei (T.Moore) Christenh. — POWO, Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng (2018); = n/a — RAB, Sf. Basionym: Myriopteris gracilis Fée 1852

Links to other floras: = Cheilanthes feei - FNA2

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image #1 of Myriopteris gracilis© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Myriopteris gracilis© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Myriopteris gracilis© Alan Cressler: Myriopteris gracilis, Tunnel Slot Canyon, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Garfield County, Utah 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Myriopteris gracilis© Alan Cressler: Myriopteris gracilis, Tongue River Canyon, Bighorn National Forest, Sheridan County, Wyoming 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷

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