Myriopteris cooperae

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Myriopteris cooperae

Vulnerable (NatureServe)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Myriopteris
Species:
M. cooperae
Binomial name
Myriopteris cooperae
(D.C.Eaton) Grusz &
Synonyms
  • Allosorus cooperae (D.C.Eaton) Farw.
  • Cheilanthes cooperae D.C.Eaton
  • Hemionitis cooperae (D.C.Eaton) Christenh.

Myriopteris cooperae, formerly Cheilanthes cooperae,[1] 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 and was named in her honor by D. C. Eaton.[2]

It is endemic to California, where it is widespread but not very common. It can be found growing in crevices in rocky habitat, generally on limestone, in chaparral and other habitats.

Description[]

The fern's leaves are up to about 30 centimeters long and a few wide, and are made up of segments subdivided into pairs of many-lobed smaller segments. They are pale green in color with glandular hairs.

The smallest segments are oval in shape and have sori with tan-colored sporangia on their undersides.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jepson: Myriopteris cooperae[permanent dead link] . accessed 9.30.2015.
  2. ^ Eaton, E. C. (1875). "New or little-known ferns of the United States - No. 3". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 6 (5): 33. doi:10.2307/2476219. JSTOR 2476219 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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