This species is frequent but sporadically distributed in dry paramos in the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia.
Collection Data (W. Testo 1379)
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Lycopodiopsida
- Family: Lycopodiaceae
- Genus: Phlegmariurus (Herter) Holub
- Species: Phlegmariurus ocananus (Herter) B. Øllg.
- Var./Subsp.:
- Common name(s):
General Collection Data
- Date: 11-XIII-2017
- Primary Collector & #: W. Testo 1379
- Collection Party: Michael Sundue, David Sanín, William Bravo Pedraza, Cristian Castro, Lia Esperanza Alarcón, Gabriel Peñaloza
- Det. History: Benjamin Øllgaard, February 2021
- Habitat: Paramo
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen Locations: AAU, HUA, VT
Additional Comments
Terrestrial in paramo.
Collection Location
- Location: Páramo la Rusia – – Duitama – Boyacá – Colombia.
- Coordinates: 5.893N, 73.085W
- Elevation: 3500 m
