Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Myriopteris microphylla
Huperzia, helecho, Southern lipfern
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Pteridophyta
Class
Pteridopsida
Order
Pteridales
Family
Pteridaceae
Genus
Myriopteris
Species
microphylla
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Hemionitis microphylla (Sw.) Christenh.; Acc. name: Hemionitis microphylla (Sw.) Christenh.; Syn.: Cheilanthes microphylla (Sw.) Sw.(GBIF, 2022).;
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
- Grusz, A. L. Windham, M. (2013) Toward a monophyletic Cheilanthes: The resurrection and recircumscription of Myriopteris (Pteridaceae) Grusz, A. L. & Windham, M. (2013). Toward a monophyletic Cheilanthes: The resurrection and recircumscription of Myriopteris (Pteridaceae). PhytoKeys, 32, 49–64.
- Robinson, B.L. (1902) Flora of the Galapagos Islands. Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Expedition to the Galapgaos Islands. Proc. Amer. Acad. 38(4): 78-270.
- Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.
- Svenson, H.K. Weatherby, C.A. (1938) Pteridophyta of the Galápagos Islands. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 65: 303-333.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Myriopteris microphylla", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20427. Accessed 31 October 2026.