Pityrogramma ebenea

by Michael Sundue | Jan 18, 2014 | Ferns, New Collections, PNN Las Orquideas | 0 comments

Pityrogramma ebenea is a silver-back fern found at middle to high elevations in disturbed sites throughout the Andes and Central America. This plant was found along stream beds in PNN Las Orquideas along with Equisetum bogotense and Pityrogramma trifoliata.

Collection data

Classification & Common Names

Class: Polypodiopsida
Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Pityrogramma Link
Species: Pityrogramma ebenea (L.) Proctor

Collection Data

Collection Date: 08-IX-2012
Primary collector: M. Sundue
Collected by: M. Sundue, J. Betancur, P. Pedraza, G. Giraldo, M. Jaimes, E. Tineo, M. Londono, A. Duque, L. Arias
Habitat: Primary Forest
Habit: Terrestrial
Specimen locations: COL, NY, VT

Collection Location

Frontino, Antioquia, Colombia

General location: Parque Nacional Natural Las Orquideas
Country: Colombia
State or Province: Antioquia
Municipality: Frontino
Coordinates: ,
Elevation: 1700

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About the Author

Michael Sundue

My field work is centered in Colombia, and Papua New Guinea. I am based at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E). If you have any ferns that you want identified, please send them to me!