Myriopteris gracilis Fée
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Detail
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Botanical Name
- Myriopteris gracilis Fée
- Common Name
- Slender Lip Fern
- Synonym(s)
- Cheilanthes feei T. Moore
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Myriopteris gracilis Fée
- Comments
- A remarkable western disjunct, the Virginia population is isolated by about 650 km (400 mi) from c. Kentucky, at the edge of the main part of the species' range. See Amer. Fern J. 72:76-78 (1982). Recent studies have shown that Myriopteris is not closely related to Cheilanthes sensu stricto. See Grusz, A.L., and M.D. Windham. 2013. Toward a monophyletic Cheilanthes: the resurrection and recircumscription of Myriopteris (Pteridaceae). PhytoKeys 32: 49-64.
- Habitat
- Dry, exposed dolostone outcrop along the New River. Rare in the sw. Virginia Ridge and Valley; known from one site in Pulaski County.
- Native Status
- Native
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