Dennstaedtia kalbreyeri

by | Mar 22, 2021 | Ferns | 0 comments

This species of Dennstaedtia is highly distinctive and is one of just a few species in the genus that grows as an epiphyte. It was epiphytic on the trunk of tree ferns.

 

Collection data (W. Testo, 1437 )

Classification & Common Names
Collection Data
  • Collection Date: 19-VIII-2017
  • Collection Number: 1437
  • Primary collector: W. Testo
  • Collected by: David Sanín, Gabriel Peñaloza, Sandra Urbano.
  • Determined by: W Testo, October, 2017
  • Habitat: Riparian forest
  • Habit: Epiphyte
  • Specimen locations: BRIT, HUA, MO, UC, VT
  • Observations: Uncommon epiphyte on tree fern trunks.
Dennstaedtia kalbreyeri
Collection Location

About the Author

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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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