Myriopteris newberryi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Family: | Pteridaceae |
Genus: | Myriopteris |
Species: | M. newberryi |
Binomial name | |
Myriopteris newberryi (D.C.Eaton) Grusz & Windham | |
Synonyms | |
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Myriopteris newberryi, formerly Cheilanthes newberryi,[1] is a species of lip fern known by the common name Newberry's lip fern. It is native to southern California and Baja California.
Description
Myriopteris newberryi has leaves up to about 30 centimeters long which are coated in matted white, gray, or brownish hairs. Each leaf is made up of subdivided segments where the ultimate segment is oval in shape, mostly flat, and hard to visualize due to its thick coat of hairs. On the underside are scattered sori containing sporangia. Each sporangium may have either 64 or 32 spores.[2]
Range and Habitat
In Mexico, Myriopteris newberryi is found in extreme northwestern Baja California from Tecate south to Punta Colonet, and also on the Pacific island of Guadalupe, off the shore of Baja California. In California it is found mostly in the coastal mountains from the San Bernardino Mountains and south, and on San Clemente Island just offshore. It grows in rocky places in mostly dry habitat such as the California chaparral and woodlands.[3]
Taxonomy
Based on plastid DNA sequence analysis, Myriopteris newberryi is a nearly basal member of Myriopteris clade C (covillei clade) and is relatively distantly related to other Myriopteris species.[4]
References
- ↑ Grusz & Windham 2013.
- ↑ "The Jepson Herbarium".
- ↑ Rebman, J. P.; Gibson, J.; Rich, K. (2016). "Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Baja California, Mexico" (PDF). San Diego Society of Natural History. 45: 19.
- ↑ Grusz et al. 2014.
Works cited
- Grusz, Amanda L.; Windham, Michael D. (2013). "Toward a monophyletic Cheilanthes: The resurrection and recircumscription of Myriopteris (Pteridaceae)". PhytoKeys (32): 49–64. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.32.6733. PMC 3881352. PMID 24399906.
- Grusz, Amanda L.; Windham, Michael D.; Yatskievych, George; Huiet, Lane; Gastony, Gerald J.; Pryer, Kathleen M. (2014). "Patterns of Diversification in the Xeric-adapted Fern Genus Myriopteris (Pteridaceae)" (PDF). Systematic Botany. 39 (3): 698–714. doi:10.1600/036364414X681518. JSTOR 24546228. S2CID 16969741.
- Kirkpatrick, Ruth E.B.; Smith, Alan R.; Lemieux, Thomas; Alverson, Edward, eds. (2014). "Myriopteris newberryi". Jepson eFlora, Revision 2. Jepson Flora Project. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
External links
- Calflora Database: Myriopteris newberryi (Newberry's lip fern) — formerly Cheilanthes newberryi.
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Myriopteris newberryi — formerly Cheilanthes newberryi.
- USDA Plants Profile: Cheilanthes newberryi (Newberry's lip fern)
- efloras.org: Flora of North America
- UC Photos gallery — Cheilanthes newberryi