Abrodictyum pluma
Collection data
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Hymenophyllaceae
- Genus: Abrodictyum C. Presl
- Species: Abrodictyum pluma (Hook.) Ebihara & K.Iwats.
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 8-II-2013
- Primary collector: S. A. James & M. Sundue
- Collected by: Shelley James, Michael Sundue, Allen Allison, Si He, Dubi Damas, Bulisa Iova, Oliver Tallowin
- Habitat: Primary Forest
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen locations: BISH, LAE, VT
Collection Location
- General location: Sibium Mtns.
- Country: Papua New Guinea
- State or Province: Northern Province
- Coordinates: ,
- Elevation: 1680 m
About the Author
Michael Sundue
My field work is centered in Colombia, and Papua New Guinea. I am based at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E). If you have any ferns that you want identified, please send them to me!
Interesting photos Michael. This one similar to Abrodictyum laetum from New Caledonia: http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Object/1408997
Thanks Leon! Another similar species is Abrodictyum asa-grayi from the central Pacific: http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?where-family=Hymenophyllaceae&where-lifeform=specimen_tag&rel-lifeform=ne&rel-family=eq