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Lip Ferns
(Genus Myriopteris)
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Myriopteris, commonly known as the lip ferns, is a genus of cheilanthoid ferns. Like other cheilanthoids, they are ferns of dry habitats, reproducing both sexually and apogamously. Many species have leaves divided into a large number of small, bead-like segments, the probable inspiration for the generic name (meaning "very many fern"). Hairs and/or scales are often present on both the upper and lower surfaces of the leaf, and their presence and appearance are useful in distin
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Lip Fern Subfamily
(Subfamily Cheilanthoideae)
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Cheilanthoideae is one of the five subfamilies of the Pteridaceae family of ferns.
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Lip Ferns
(Genus Cheilanthes)
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Cheilanthes (lip ferns) is a genus of about 180 species of rock-dwelling ferns with a cosmopolitan distribution in warm, dry, rocky regions, often growing in small crevices high up on cliffs. Most are small, sturdy and evergreen. The leaves, often densely covered in trichomes, spring directly from the rootstocks. Many of them are desert ferns, curling up during dry times and reviving with the coming of moisture. At the ends of veins sporangia, or spore-bearing structures,...
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Coville's Lip Fern
(Myriopteris covillei)
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Cheilanthes covillei, reclassified as Myriopteris covillei, is a species of lip fern known by the common name Coville's lip fern.
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Lace Lip Fern
(Myriopteris gracillima)
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Cheilanthes gracillima is a species of lip fern known by the common name lace lip fern. It is native to western North America, where it grows in rocky habitat from British Columbia to California to Montana. It grows clusters of frilly green leaves up to about 25 centimeters long. Each is intricately divided into segments made up of pairs of smaller segments which are oval in shape and concave and beadlike with their edges rolled under....
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Parry's Lip Fern
(Myriopteris parryi)
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Myriopteris parryi, formerly Cheilanthes parryi, is a species of lip fern known by the common name Parry's lip fern. This plant is native to the Southwestern United States, California, and Baja California, where it grows in rocky crevices in the mountains and deserts.
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Hairy Lip Fern
(Myriopteris lanosa)
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Myriopteris lanosa, the hairy lip fern, is a moderately-sized fern of the eastern United States, a member of the family Pteridaceae. Its leaves and stem are sparsely covered in hairs, but lack scales, hence its common name. One of the cheilanthoid ferns, it was usually classified in the genus Cheilanthes until 2013, when the genus Myriopteris was again recognized as separate from Cheilanthes. It typically grows in shallow, dry, soil, often in rocky habita
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Fee's Lip Fern
(Myriopteris gracilis)
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Myriopteris gracilis, formerly known as Cheilanthes feei, is a species of lip fern known by the common name slender lip fern. It is native to much of western North America from British Columbia and Alberta to northern Mexico, and throughout much of the central United States.
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Newberry's Lip Fern
(Myriopteris newberryi)
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Myriopteris newberryi, formerly Cheilanthes newberryi, is a species of lip fern known by the common name Newberry's lip fern. It is native to southern California and Baja California, where it grows in rocky places in mostly dry habitat such as the California chaparral and woodlands.
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Cleveland's Lipfern
(Myriopteris clevelandii)
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Myriopteris clevelandii, formerly known as Cheilanthes clevelandii, is a species of lip fern known by the common name Cleveland's lip fern.
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Scaly Lip Fern
(Cosentinia vellea)
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Cosentinia is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Pteridoideae of the family Pteridaceae with a single species Cosentinia vellea. Its native distribution ranges from the Canary Islands through Europe, northern Africa and Western Asia to the west Himalayas in the Indian subcontinent.
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Common Lip Fern
(Cheilanthes viridis var. viridis)
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Coastal Lip Fern
(Myriopteris intertexta)
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Myriopteris intertexta, formerly Cheilanthes intertexta, is a species of lip fern known by the common name coastal lip fern.
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Four-Pinnate Lip Fern
(Cheilanthes quadripinnata)
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Viscid Lip Fern
(Myriopteris viscida)
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Myriopteris viscida, formerly known as Cheilanthes viscida, is a species of lip fern known by the common names viscid lip fern and viscid lace fern.
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Coastal Common Lip Fern
(Cheilanthes viridis var. macrophylla)
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Hard Lip Fern
(Cheilanthes viridis var. glauca)
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Cooper's Lip Fern
(Myriopteris cooperae)
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Myriopteris cooperae, formerly Cheilanthes cooperae, is a species of lip fern known by the common name Mrs. Cooper's lip fern, or simply Cooper's lip fern. The type specimen of this species was collected by Sarah Paxon Cooper and was named in her honor by D. C. Eaton.
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