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Myriopteris mickelii is a small fern from southern Mexico that grows on dry, lightly shaded rocky banks and slopes. It is best grown in a well-drained, gritty mix kept on the dry side, as it does not like waterlogged roots.
Myriopteris mickelii is a small fern endemic to southern Mexico. It is very similar to M. cinnamomea of Central America, from which it was separated when described in 1980, and to other species in the "alabamensis clade" of Myriopteris. One of the cheilanthoid lip ferns, it was classified in the genus Cheilanthes as Cheilanthes mickelii until 2013, when the genus Myriopteris was again recognized as separate from Cheilanthes. Named after the pteridologist John T. Mickel, it grows on dry, lightly shaded slopes and banks.
Myriopteris mickelii is known from the southern Mexican states of Chiapas, Oaxaca, and Veracruz. It grows in light shade, typically on dry and rocky banks and slopes, at an altitude from 50 to 900 meters (160 to 3,000 ft).
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