Ceradenia sacksii

by Michael Sundue | Dec 4, 2019 | Ferns, New Collections | 0 comments

This species is named in honor of neurobiologist and pteridophile Oliver Sacks who passed away in 2015. Oliver participated in the fern foray organized by the New York Chapter of the American Fern Society and The New York Botanical Garden which made the earliest known collection of this species, Mickel 9653 (NY). Oliver described his experience on this trip in his travel memoir Oaxaca Journal (Sacks 2012). Sacks, O., 2012. Oaxaca journal. Vintage.

Collection data

Classification & Common Names

Class: Polypodiopsida
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Ceradenia L. E. Bishop
Species: Ceradenia sacksii Sundue

Collection Data

Collection Date: 15-III-2015
Collection Number: 3940
Primary collector: M. Sundue
Collected by: GLZ Adame, W. Testo, R. Torres C., A. Vasco G.
Determined by: M. Sundue
Habitat: Bosque Mesofilo
Habit: Lithophyte
Specimen locations: MEXU, VT

Collection Location

General location: Cerro Pelón
Country: Mexico
State or Province: Oaxaca
Municipality: Distrito Ixtlán Municipio Santiago Comaltepec
Coordinates: ,
Elevation: 2750 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!