This species was recently described by Benjamin Øllgaard and is endemic to eastern Colombia. Most collections are from the Cocuy massif, where this plant was found. It is common in gravelly soils in high paramos, above 4000 m.
Spinulum annotinum
Phlegmariurus cocuyensis
Collection data (W. Testo, 1390 )
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Lycopodiopsida
- Family: Lycopodiaceae
- Genus: Phlegmariurus (Herter) Holub
- Species: Phlegmariurus cocuyensis B. Øllg.
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 14-VIII-2017
- Collection Number: 1390
- Primary collector: W. Testo
- Collected by: David Sanín, William Bravo Pedraza, Lia Esperanza Alarcón, Gabriel Peñaloza.
- Determined by: W. Testo, October, 2017; B. Øllgaard, February 2021
- Habitat: Paramo
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen locations: AAU, BRIT, HUA, MO, UC
No mapped posts found (no valid coordinates).
Collection Location
- General location: Parque Nacional Natural El Cocuy
- Country: Colombia
- State or Province: Boyacá
- Municipality: Güicán
- Coordinates: ,
- Elevation: 4100 m
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.
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