Diplazium sylvaticum

by Michael Sundue | Jul 9, 2015 | Ferns, New Collections | 0 comments

This epithet has often been incorrectly spelled as “silvaticum”, but is now corrected as “sylvaticum” as originally published.

Collection data

Classification & Common Names

Class: Polypodiopsida
Family: Athyriaceae
Genus: Diplazium Sw.
Species: Diplazium sylvaticum (Bory) Sw.

Collection Data

Collection Date: 3-II-2012
Collection Number: 1500
Primary collector: S. A. James & M. Sundue
Collected by: Shelley James, Michael Sundue, Allen Allison, Si He, Dubi Damas, Bulisa Iova, Oliver Tallowin
Determined by: M. Sundue
Habitat: Primary Forest
Habit: Terrestrial
Specimen locations: LAE, VT

Collection Location

General location: Sibium Mtns.
Country: Papua New Guinea
State or Province: Northern Province
Coordinates: ,
Elevation: 740 m

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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!