Parapolystichum excultum

by Michael Sundue | Oct 15, 2014 | Ferns, New Collections | 0 comments

Lastreopsis excultum has recently be combined in Parapolystichum. This change was in response to a publication by Labiak et al. 2014 which found evidence that as previously circumscribed, Lastreopsis was paraphyletic.

Labiak, Paulo H., et al. “Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the lastreopsid ferns (Dryopteridaceae).” American journal of botany 101.7 (2014): 1207-1228.

Collection data (M. Sundue, 3391 )

Classification & Common Names

Class: Polypodiopsida
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Parapolystichum (Keyserl.) Ching
Species: Parapolystichum excultum (Mett.) Labiak Sundue & R. C. Moran

Collection Data

Collection Date: 15-Jan-2013
Collection Number: 3391
Primary collector: M. Sundue
Collected by: M. Sundue with the OTS Tropical Fern and Lycophyte Course
Determined by: M. Sundue
Habitat: Tropical rainforest
Habit: Terrestrial
Specimen location: VT

Parapolystichum excultum

Collection Location

General location: Las Cruces Biological Field Station
Country: Costa Rica
State or Province: Puntarenas
Coordinates: 8.78527778,-82.95888889
Elevation: ca. 1200 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!