Salpichlaena hookeriana is a species that occurs in Brazilian Amazon.
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- Habit – Climbing fern
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- Detail of the fertile and sterile fronds
Salpichlaena hookeriana
Collection data (J. Prado, 1821 )
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Blechnaceae
- Genus: Salpichlaena J. Sm.
- Species: Salpichlaena hookeriana (Kunze) Alston
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 24-I-2008
- Collection Number: 1821
- Primary collector: J. Prado
- Collected by: J. Prado, Tuomisto, H., Ruokolainen, Zuquim, G. & Souza, J.N. de
- Habitat: Tropical rainforest
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen locations: INPA, SP, TURKU
Collection Location
- General location: Manaus–Itacoatiara road
- Country: Brazil
- State or Province: Amazonas
- City: Itacoatiara
- Municipality: Itacoatiara
- Coordinates: -3.142778,-58.443889
About the Author
Jefferson Prado
I am a Brazilian pteridologist and I work on phylogeny, nomenclature, taxonomy, and geographical distribution of Pteridaceae and Dryopteridaceae; pteridoflora in Brazil, Bolivia, and China.
Fantastic, I have never seen this species before and wondered what it looked like.
Michael, this species is similar to Salpichlaena volubilis, but differs in having the fertile frond with linear pinnae. It is really a beautiful species in the field. It grows as climbing fern and reach the top of the trees.