This species was found on trees in pasture cleared from remnant cloud forest up the hill from the Las Cruces Biological Field Station.
Ceradenia spixiana
Collection data (M. Sundue, 3410 )
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Polypodiaceae
- Genus: Ceradenia L. E. Bishop
- Species: Ceradenia spixiana (Mart. ex Mett.) L.E. Bishop
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 15-I-2013
- Collection Number: 3410
- Primary collector: M. Sundue
- Collected by: M. Sundue, F. Matos & R. C. Moran
- Determined by: M. Sundue
- Habitat: Secondary Forest
- Habit: Epiphyte
- Specimen location: VT
No mapped posts found (no valid coordinates).
Collection Location
- General location: Camino Cerro Paraguas Coto Brus San Vito
- Country: Costa Rica
- State or Province: Puntarenas
- Coordinates: ,
- Elevation: 1500 m
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!
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