Abrodictyum pluma

by Michael Sundue | Sep 12, 2014 | Ferns, New Collections | 2 comments

Collection data (S. A. James & M. Sundue, 1630 )

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
Collection Number: 1630
Primary collector: S. A. James & M. Sundue
Collected by: Shelley James, Michael Sundue, Allen Allison, Si He, Dubi Damas, Bulisa Iova, Oliver Tallowin
Determined by: M. Sundue
Habitat: Primary Forest
Habit: Terrestrial
Specimen locations: BISH, LAE, VT

No mapped posts found (no valid coordinates).

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!

This was one of the most common ferns of our trip to Mexico, but it was also one of my favorites. As you can see here, it was very successful on open and disturbed areas, often dominating wide patches along the Carretera Oaxaca-Tuxtepec (MEX-175). Diplopterygium...