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- Adaxial sporangia
Phlegmariurus hippurideus
Collection data
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Lycopodiopsida
- Family: Lycopodiaceae
- Genus: Phlegmariurus (Herter) Holub
- Species: Phlegmariurus hippurideus (Christ) B. Øllg.
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 19-IV-2007
- Primary collector: M. Sundue & A. Vasco
- Collected by: M. Sundue & A. Vasco
- Habitats: Paramo, Secondary Forest
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen locations: HUA, NY
Collection Location
- General location: Corregimiento San Felix - Cuch Namde las Baldias.
- Country: Colombia
- State or Province: Antioquia
- Municipality: Bello
- Coordinates: ,
- Elevation: 3135 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!
Hi Michael, I think that this is Phlegmariurus hippurideus, beautifully photographed!. Its leaves are often more than 1 cm long and linear, with smooth margins. P firmus has leaves usually ca half as long and with denticulate margins; further the upper epidermis has the cells ca isodiametric and somewhat thick-walled, while in P hippurideus they are long-rectangular and relatively thin-walled.
Banjamin, thanks for the help with this! I will update the post to reflect your identification. Unfortunatey, I don’t have the specimen on hand and cannot check the epidermis characters.