These juvenile plants of Polystichum orbiculatum are provided with stipitate glandular hairs; however, mature plants do not retain these hairs. They are also present on Polystichum gametophytes.
Polystichum orbiculatum
Collection data
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Dryopteridaceae
- Genus: Polystichum Roth
- Species: Polystichum orbiculatum (Desv.) J. Rémy & Fée
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 17-III-2011
- Primary collector: M. Sundue
- Collected by: M. Sundue & M. McHenry
- Determined by: M. Sundue
- Habitat: Paramo
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen locations: QCA, VT
Collection Location
- General location: Mt. Pichincha
- Country: Ecuador
- State or Province: Pichincha
- Coordinates: ,
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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