Anemia raddiana

Posted by Nathan Smith | Ferns, New Collections, Santa Catarina Island | 4

Collection Data (N. P. Smith 406)

Classification & Common Names

Class: Polypodiopsida
Family: Anemiaceae
Genus: Anemia Sw.
Species: Anemia raddiana Link
Var./Subsp.:
Common name(s):

General Collection Data

Date: 29-III-2013
Primary Collector & #: N. P. Smith 406
Collection Party: M. A. Neves
Det. History: J. Mickel (from photo), 2014.
Habitat: Secondary Forest
Habit: Lithophyte
Specimen Locations: FLOR

Additional Comments

Ca. 20 cm tall.

Collection Location

Location: Costa da Lagoa (Florianópolis) – Florianópolis – – Santa Catarina – Brazil.
Coordinates: -27.573086, -48.459819
Elevation: ca. 10 m

About The Author

Nathan Smith

I am an amateur botanist working on the fern and lycophyte flora of Santa Catarina Island, in southern Brazil. I also study the taxonomy of the Brazil nut family (Lecythidaceae).

4 Comments

Fernando Matos on February 5, 2014 at 3:01 am

John Mickel has identified this plant (from photo) as Anemia raddiana Link
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- Nathan Smith on February 5, 2014 at 11:44 am
  
  Thanks to you and John for the det. It is another new fern for the florula of the island.
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Julia Meirelles on January 10, 2018 at 8:05 pm

This could not be Anemia tomentosa?
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Nathan Smith on January 11, 2018 at 7:59 pm

Maybe. However, the individuals of A. tomentosa I have seen on the island are much larger with slightly different pinnae. See http://www.fernsoftheworld.com/2011/10/19/anemia-tomentosa/
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