I am tentatively determining this plant as Sceptridium schaffneri, but the genus is poorly studied in northern South America and in need of revision. The type of Botrychium schaffneri is from San Luis Potosi, México.
Sceptridium schaffneri
Collection data (W. Testo, 1414 )
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Ophioglossaceae
- Genus: Sceptridium Lyon
- Species: Sceptridium schaffneri (Underw.) Lyon
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 15-VIII-2017
- Collection Number: 1414
- Primary collector: W. Testo
- Collected by: David Sanín, William Bravo Pedraza, Lia Esperanza Alarcón, Gabriel Peñaloza.
- Determined by: Weston Testo, March 2021
- Habitat: Paramo
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen locations: BRIT, HUA, MO, UC, VT
- Observations: Locally abundant in disturbed paramo.
Collection Location
- General location: Parque Nacional Natural El Cocuy
- Country: Colombia
- State or Province: Boyacá
- Municipality: Güicán
- Coordinates: 6.465000,-72.297000
- 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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