Doryopteris pentagona is a common species on Santa Catarina Island that often grows along trails in secondary forest.
Doryopteris pentagona
Collection data (N. P. Smith, 453 )
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Pteridaceae
- Genus: Doryopteris Sm.
- Species: Doryopteris pentagona Pic. Serm.
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 23-XI-2013
- Collection Number: 453
- Primary collector: N. P. Smith
- Collected by: M. A. Neves
- Determined by: N. P. Smith (2013)
- Habitat: Secondary Forest
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen location: FLOR
- Observations: Growing on side of trail in shade.
No mapped posts found (no valid coordinates).
Collection Location
- General location: Trilha da Praia da Solidão
- 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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