This taxon, recognized as Orthiopteris kingii by many authors, has been reduced to a variety of O. campylura by Luong et al. (2015) in their taxonomic revision.
Orthiopteris campylura var. kingii
Collection data (S. A. James & M. Sundue, 1610 )
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Saccolomataceae
- Genus: Orthiopteris Copel.
- Species: Orthiopteris campylura (Kunze) Copel.
- Variety: kingii (Bedd.) P.H.Hovenkamp & T.T.Luong
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 7-II-2013
- Collection Number: 1610
- 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: 1390 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!
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