This plant is similar to Pteris livida and other pedate-leaved Neotropical Pteris species, but it is unusually small and the shape of its leaf segments differs. I am unsure of its identity.
Pteris cf livida
Collection data
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Pteridaceae
- Genus: Pteris L.
- Species: Pteris livida Mett.
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 19-VIII-2017
- Collection Number: 1436
- Primary collector: W. Testo
- Collected by: David Sanín, Gabriel Peñaloza, Sandra Urbano.
- Determined by: W Testo, October, 2017
- Habitat: Riparian forest
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen locations: HUA, UC, VT
Collection Location
- General location: Reserva Natural La Planada
- Country: Colombia
- State or Province: Nariño
- City: Ricaurte
- Municipality: Resguardo Indígena Awa de Ricaurte
- Coordinates: ,
- Elevation: 1750 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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