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Myriopteris clevelandii  (D. C. Eaton) Grusz & Windham
Cleveland's lip fern
Myriopteris clevelandii is a fern that is native to California, and found only slightly beyond California borders.
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Genus: Myriopteris
Family: Pteridaceae  
Category: fern  
PLANTS group:Fern
Jepson eFlora section: fern

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Chaparral
Name Status:
Accepted by JEF

Alternate Names:
JEFCheilanthes clevelandii
Information about  Myriopteris clevelandii from other sources
Nursery availability from CNPLX
Commercial availability unknown.
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[Wikipedia] Taxonomy: The species was first described in 1875 by Daniel Cady Eaton as Cheilanthes clevelandii. He named it for Daniel Cleveland, the collector of the type specimen, which came from "a mountain about forty miles from San Diego, California".[6] By a strict application of the principle of priority, Oliver Atkins Farwell transferred the species to the genus Allosorus as Allosorus myriophyllus var. clevelandii in 1931, that genus having been published before Cheilanthes.[7] Farwell's name was rendered unnecessary when Cheilanthes was conserved over Allosorus in the Paris Code published in 1956. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)


Suggested Citation
Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: 11/21/2024).