Aleuritopteris farinosa
This species was treated as Cheilanthes farinosa in Smith & Mickel Pteridophytes of Mexico. It is perhaps not conspecific with A. farinosa which has a type from Yemen.
Gymnocarpium oyamense
Collection data (M. Sundue, 3703 )
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Cystopteridaceae
- Genus: Gymnocarpium Newm.
- Species: Gymnocarpium oyamense (Bak.) Ching
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 2-VIII-2014
- Collection Number: 3703
- 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: Montane forest
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen locations: LAE, VT
Collection Location
- General location: Mt. Wilhelm
- Country: Papua New Guinea
- State or Province: Chimbu
- Coordinates: -5.82207983,145.140531
- Elevation: 2800 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! So this is what the subtropical Gymnocarpium looks like! Very nice!!! I don’t know this genus very well, but this species looks very unusual in its laminar cutting and elongated sori. The leaf texture and rhizome habit look more familiar though. Did you notice if it had a swollen node at the junction of basal pinnae with rachis?
Yes it does!
Sweet! And nice shots!