I found this growing on the ground in the terrace of Esteban Dominguez’s home in Urrao, Antioquia, Colombia. It has a conspicuously winged petiole.
Pleopeltis remota
Collection data
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Polypodiaceae
- Genus: Pleopeltis Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
- Species: Pleopeltis remota (Desv.) A.R. Sm.
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 14-01-2016
- Collection Number: Testo 955
- Primary collector: W. Testo
- Collected by: W. L. Testo, W. Rodriguez, E. Posada, E. Dominguez
- Determined by: W. L. Testo, January 2016
- Habitat: Garden beds
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen locations: HUA, VT
About the Author
wtesto
I am a postdoc at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. I am interested in fern and lycophyte diversity, especially in the American tropics.
Pleopeltis remota. The width of the wing is one of several variable characters in the species.