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Myriopteris microphylla (Swartz) Grusz & Windham. Common name: Southern Lipfern. Habitat: Shell hammocks, limestone outcrops. Distribution: Panhandle FL (Washington County) and ne. FL south to s. FL; West Indies; Mexico through Central America to n. South America.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Grusz & Windham (2013); = Cheilanthes microphylla (Sw.) Sw. — Bah, Fl1, FNA2, NS, S13, Sf, SFla, WH3, Lellinger (1985); = Hemionitis microphylla (Sw.) Christenh. — POWO, Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng (2018); > Cheilanthes microphylla (Sw.) Sw. var. microphylla — Meso1; Adiantum microphyllum Swartz. Basionym: Adiantum microphyllum Sw. 1788

Links to other floras: = Cheilanthes microphylla - FNA2

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