Polystichum oppositum is one of the few epiphytic species in the genus which is otherwise comprised of terrestrial plants. The two narrow leaved plants photographed here are juvenile.
Polystichum oppositum
Collection data
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Dryopteridaceae
- Genus: Polystichum Roth
- Species: Polystichum oppositum Copel.
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 29-VIII-2010
- Primary collector: M. Sundue
- Collected by: M. Sundue , Jun Wen, M. Appelhans, M. Rodda
- Habitat: Primary Forest
- Habit: Epiphyte
- Specimen locations: SNP, VT
Collection Location
- General location: Mt. Kinabalu
- Country: Malaysia
- State or Province: Sabah
- Coordinates: ,
- Elevation: ca. 2000 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!
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