Mickelia nicotianifolia is a species of fern in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Elaphoglossoideae.

[1] The species was first described by Olof Swartz in 1806 as Acrostichum nicotianifolium.

[1] In 1995, Robbin C. Moran and Benjamin Øllgaard described a new species from Ecuador as Bolbitis riparia.

[4] Under this name, it was considered to be endemic to Ecuador and threatened.

[5] However, in 2010, Moran et al. treated Bolbitis riparia as a synonym of Mickelia nicotianifolia,[6] a widespread species.