Polystichum alfaroi
This species was locally abundant and was growing as an epiphyte in disturbed woods along the Rio Calderas above Boquete.
Themelium yoderi
Collection data (M. Sundue, 3632 )
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Polypodiaceae
- Genus: Themelium (T. Moore) Parris
- Species: Themelium yoderi (Copel.) Parris
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 29-VII-2014
- Collection Number: 3632
- Primary collector: M. Sundue
- Collected by: M. Sundue M. Lehnert D. N. Karger D. Quandt S. Noben K. Mar B.-C. Ho Y. Mei L. Lewis
- Determined by: M. Sundue
- Habitat: Cloud forest with Nothofagus
- Habit: On rotted wood
- Specimen locations: LAE, VT
Collection Location
- General location: Bundi
- Country: Papua New Guinea
- State or Province: Madang
- Coordinates: -5.815,145.157917
- Elevation: 2700 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!
Wow! Is this a grammitid?
Yes, and weirdly enough, this clade is nested within Oreogrammitis and Radiogrammitis which look much more “typical”. See:
Sundue, Michael A., et al. “Global phylogeny and biogeography of grammitid ferns (Polypodiaceae).” Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 81 (2014): 195-206.
Cool! That’s a beautiful paper. I see that Oreogrammitis and Radiogrammitis are a mess…