Trichomanes polypodioides growing on species of Cyathea in Florianópolis, Brazil.
Trichomanes polypodioides
Collection data (N. P. Smith, 442 )
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Hymenophyllaceae
- Genus: Trichomanes L.
- Species: Trichomanes polypodioides L.
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 09-XI-2013
- Collection Number: 442
- Primary collector: N. P. Smith
- Determined by: Det from Photo by P. Labiak.
- Habitat: Secondary Forest
- Habit: Epiphyte
- Specimen location: FLOR
- Observations: Epiphyte on trunk of Cyathea.
No mapped posts found (no valid coordinates).
Collection Location
- General location: Unidade de Conservação Ambiental Desterro
- Country: Brazil
- State or Province: Santa Catarina
- City: Florianópolis
- Municipality: Florianópolis
- Coordinates: ,
About the Author
Nathan Smith
I am an amateur botanist working on the fern and lycophyte florulas of Santa Catarina Island and the Furnas River Reserve, in southern Brazil.
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