This specimen is a good match for other specimens annotated with this name. It does seem to differ from the type however by having appressed instead of partially spreading leaves along the upper portion of the erect stem.
Selaginella cf. wariensis
Collection data
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Lycopodiopsida
- Family: Selaginellaceae
- Genus: Selaginella P. Beauv.
- Species: Selaginella wariensis Hieron.
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 5-II-2012
- Primary collector: S. A. James & M. Sundue
- Collected by: Shelley James, Michael Sundue, Allen Allison, Si He, Dubi Damas, Bulisa Iova, Oliver Tallowin
- 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
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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