Myriopteris microphylla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Myriopteris
Species: Myriopteris microphylla

Name

Myriopteris microphylla (Sw.) Grusz & Windham, PhytoKeys 32: 59 (2013).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Adiantum microphyllum Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 135 (1788).
    • Typus: Jamaica, Swartz s.n. (Holotype: S).
• Homotypic
  • Cheilanthes microphylla (Sw.) Sw., Syn. Fil. (Kiliae): 127 (1806).
  • Adiantum microphyllum (Sw.) Hornem., Hort. Bot. Hafn. Suppl. 110 (1819).
  • Cassebeera microphylla (Sw.) J.Sm., J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 159 (1841).
  • Allosorus microphyllus (Sw.) Liebm., Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afh., ser. 5, 1: 219 (1849).
  • Notholaena microphylla (Sw.) Keyserl., Polyp. Herb. Bunge: 28 (1873).
  • Hemionitis microphylla (Sw.) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 17 (2018).
• Heterotypic
  • Pteris nigricans Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 5: 396 (1810).
    • Notholaena nigricans (Willd.) Desv., Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 221 (1827).
    • Hemionitis nigricans (Willd.) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 18 (2018).
  • Adiantum pubescens Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 141 (1810), nom. illeg. (non Schkuhr (1809)).
  • Notholaena cheilanthoides Spreng., Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 10: 227, t. 17 f. 3–4 (1821).
  • Cheilanthes elongata Willd. ex Kaulf., Enum. Filic.: 213 (1824).
    • Cheilanthes microphylla var. elongata (Willd. ex Kaulf.) Krug, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 97 (1897).
    • Allosorus microphyllus var. elongata (Willd. ex Kaulf.) Farw., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 284 (1931).
    • Cheilanthes microphylla f. elongata (Willd. ex Kaulf.) Stehlé, Mém. Soc. Bot. France 1953-1954: 36 (1954).
  • Cheilanthes pygmaea Klotzsch, Linnaea 20: 338 (1847).
  • Cheilanthes heterotricha Andersson, Kongl. Vetensk.-Acad. Handl. 1853: 129 (1855).
  • Adiantum microphyllum var. coriaceum T.Moore, Index Fil.: 31 (1857).
  • Cheilanthes microphylla var. minor E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 1: 123 (1872).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida, Georgia, Mississippi. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central (México Distrito Federal, México State, Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northeast (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas), Mexico Northwest (Baja California Sur, Sonora), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Yucatán), Mexico Southwest (Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca). Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Guatemala, Honduras. Regional: Caribbean Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands (Antigua-Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Netherlands Leeward Islands (Bonaire, Curaçao), St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Martin-St. Barthélémy, Virgin Islands), Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Islands, Windward Islands (Grenada, Martinique, St. Vincent). Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northwest (Salta). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Grusz, A.L. & Windham, M.D. 2013. Toward a monophyletic Cheilanthes: The resurrection and recircumscription of Myriopteris (Pteridaceae). PhytoKeys 32: 49–64. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.32.6733 Reference page. 
• Desvaux, N.A. 1827. Prodrome de la famille des fougères. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 6(3): 171–337. ARK: 12148/bpt6k97394h Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Myriopteris microphylla in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 31. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Myriopteris microphylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 May 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Myriopteris microphylla. Published online. Accessed: 31 May 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Myriopteris microphylla Accessed: 31 May 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Myriopteris microphylla in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.