Salpichlaena hookeriana

Posted by Jefferson Prado | Ferns, New Collections | 2

Salpichlaena hookeriana is a species that occurs in Brazilian Amazon.

: Habit – Climbing fern

: Detail of the fertile and sterile fronds

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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.

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Michael Sundue on January 8, 2014 at 10:13 pm

Fantastic, I have never seen this species before and wondered what it looked like.
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- Jefferson Prado on January 8, 2014 at 10:30 pm
  
  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.
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