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Myriopteris rufa

Fée

Eaton's Lipfern

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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.132852
Element CodePPADI09070
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumFilicinophyta
ClassFilicopsida
OrderFilicales
FamilyPteridaceae
GenusMyriopteris
Synonyms
Cheilanthes castaneaMaxonCheilanthes eatoniiBaker
Other Common Names
Chestnut Lipfern (EN) Eaton's lipfern (EN)
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Taxonomic Comments
Grusz and Windham (2013) place this species in Myriopteris. The generic placement of this taxon, in Myriopteris, is in accordance with the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group I (2016).

Grusz and Windham (2013) note, "In Cheilanthes, this has been called C. eatonii Baker. Examination of putative type specimens of Myriopteris rufa housed at RB (digital image) and P indicates that the latter name very likely represents the same species as broadly defined by recent authors (e.g., Mickel and Smith 2004). Because M. rufa (published in 1857) has priority over C. eatonii (1867), we take up Fée’s original name for this taxon in Myriopteris."
Conservation Status
Review Date1989-04-20
Change Date1989-04-20
Edition Date2010-02-17
Edition AuthorsHandwerk, J.
Range Extent Comments
Known from central Texas and western Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah (Lellinger 1985).
Ecology & Habitat

Description

Fronds 3-16 cm long, 1.5-4 cm wide; stalk reddish-brown to purplish-black, with narrow, lance shaped scales, and a few hairs; leaflets 3 pinnate with many pale reddish-brown, curly hairs along with lance shape scales on the axes, margins strongly underrolled; rhizomes short-creeping (Lellinger 1985).
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
ArizonaSNRYes
ArkansasS1Yes
UtahSNRYes
TexasSNRYes
VirginiaS2Yes
New MexicoSNRYes
West VirginiaS2Yes
ColoradoS3Yes
OklahomaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (20)
Arizona (7)
AreaForestAcres
Butterfly Roadless AreaCoronado National Forest42,296
ChiricahuaCoronado National Forest76,876
Hell HoleApache-Sitgreaves National Forests15,512
Middle Dragoon RoadlessCoronado National Forest10,543
Sierra Ancha Wilderness ContiguousTonto National Forest7,787
Upper Rincon RoadlessCoronado National Forest2,991
WhetstoneCoronado National Forest20,728
New Mexico (12)
AreaForestAcres
Alamo CanyonSanta Fe National Forest8,639
Candian RiverCibola National Forest7,149
Contiguous To Black & Aldo Leopold WildernessGila National Forest111,883
Contiguous To Gila Wilderness & Primitive AreaGila National Forest79,049
Gila BoxGila National Forest23,759
Guaje CanyonSanta Fe National Forest6,104
Hell HoleGila National Forest19,553
Last Chance CanyonLincoln National Forest8,934
RendijaSanta Fe National Forest2,176
Ryan HillCibola National Forest34,201
Sawyers PeakGila National Forest59,743
South Guadalupe MountainsLincoln National Forest20,930
Virginia (1)
AreaForestAcres
Northern MassanuttenGeorge Washington National Forest9,444
References (4)
  1. Grusz, A.L. and M.D. Windham. 2013. Toward a monophyletic Cheilanthes: The resurrection and recircumscription of Myriopteris (Pteridaceae). PhytoKeys 32: 49-64. Online. Available: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.32.6733.
  2. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  3. Lellinger, D.B. 1985. A field manual of the ferns and fern-allies of the U.S. and Canada. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 389 pp.
  4. Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group I. 2016. A Community-Derived Classification for Extant Lycophytes and Ferns. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 54(6): 563–603.