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Myriopteris rufa, commonly known as Eaton's lip fern, is a moderately-sized fern of Mexico and the southwestern United States, with outlying populations in Costa Rica and the Appalachian Mountains. One of the cheilanthoid ferns, it was usually classified in the genus Cheilanthes, as Cheilanthes eatonii, until 2013, when the genus Myriopteris was again recognized as separate from Cheilanthes. It typically grows in rocky habitats, most frequently on limestone but also sometimes on basalt or shale.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Cheilanthes
- Family
- Pteridaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Eaton's lip fern en Eaton's lipfern
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