Microsorum peteropus is well known in the aquarium industry where it known by the common name Java Fern. Here it is in its natural habitat, growing alongside freshwater streams. The level of this particular stream fluctuated strongly with rainfall. At times, the plant is probably completely submerged.
Collection Data (S. A. James & M. Sundue 1676)
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Polypodiaceae
- Genus: Microsorum Link
- Species: Microsorum pteropus (Blume) Copel.
- Var./Subsp.:
- Common name(s):
General Collection Data
- Date: 14-II-2013
- Primary Collector & #: S. A. James & M. Sundue 1676
- Collection Party: Shelley James, Michael Sundue, Allen Allison, Si He, Dubi Damas, Bulisa Iova, Oliver Tallowin
- Det. History: M. Sundue
- Habitat: Primary Forest
- Habit: Aquatic, Terrestrial
- Specimen Locations: BISH, LAE, VT
Additional Comments
Collection Location
- Location: Sibium Mtns. – – – Northern Province – Papua New Guinea.
- Coordinates: 9.27446°S, 148.26468°E
- Elevation: 740 m
