Myriopteris clevelandii

Myriopteris clevelandii, formerly known as Cheilanthes clevelandii,[1] is a species of lip fern known by the common name Cleveland's lip fern.

Myriopteris clevelandii

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Myriopteris
Species:
M. clevelandii
Binomial name
Myriopteris clevelandii
(D.C.Eaton) Grusz & Windham
Synonyms

Its specific epithet clevelandii honors 19th-century San Diego-based plant collector and lawyer Daniel Cleveland.[2]

Distribution

The fern is native to southern California, including several of the northern Channel Islands, and to northern Baja California, Mexico.

It grows in chaparral habitats, in rocky crevices in the hills and low-elevation mountains of the Peninsular Ranges and on the islands.

Description

This fern has leaves which are 3- to 4-pinnate, such that each leaflet is subdivided twice or three times into layers of overlapping rounded segments. The leaves have a bumpy, cobbled look. The underside bears scales, which are long outgrowths of the epidermis, as well as a coating of long hairs.

The sporangia may be hidden beneath the scales and hairs and tucked under the curved lip of the leaf margin.

References
  1. Jepson: Myriopteris clevelandii . accessed 9.30.2015.
  2. "Who was Salvia clevelandii named for?". Smarty Plant. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, the University of Texas at Austin. [T]he author of the species chose to honor Daniel Cleveland, a nineteenth-century lawyer, amateur botanist, plant collector and co-founder of the San Diego Society of Natural History. [Besides Salvia clevelandii,] there are a number of other species named in his honor, including: Cheilanthes clevelandii, Chorizanthe clevelandii, Cryptantha clevelandii, Dodecatheon clevelandii, Horkelia clevelandii, Malacothrix clevelandii, Mimulus clevelandii, Muilla clevelandii, Nicotiana clevelandii and Penstemon clevelandii. Moreover, the monotypic Mexican genus, Clevelandia (now included in Castilleja) was also named in Mr. Cleveland's honor.


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