Microlepia speluncae
Collection data (S. A. James & M. Sundue, 1586 )
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
- Genus: Microlepia C. Presl
- Species: Microlepia speluncae (L.). T.Moore
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 5-II-2012
- Collection Number: 1586
- 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, 2019
- Habitat: Primary Forest
- Habit: On rotted wood
- Specimen locations: LAE, VT
Collection Location
- General location: Sibium Mtns.
- Country: Papua New Guinea
- State or Province: Northern Province
- Coordinates: -9.30466167,148.27266
- Elevation: 740 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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