This species appears to be a narrow endemic from the Sierra de Bahoruco in southwestern Dominican Republic. It is closely related to Polystichum lancilobum, which also produces proliferous buds at the leaf apex.
Polystichum filiorum
Collection data
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Dryopteridaceae
- Genus: Polystichum Roth
- Species: Polystichum filiorum Mickel
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 08-12-2018
- Collection Number: 1791
- Primary collector: W. Testo
- Collected by: Teodoro Clase, Yommi Piña, Susan Fawcett, Lindsey Riibe, Sally Chambers, Pedro Schwartsburd
- Determined by: W Testo, December 2018
- Habitat: Primary Forest
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen locations: JBSD, UC, VT
Collection Location
- General location: Las Abejas
- Country: Dominican Republic
- State or Province: Barahona
- Municipality: Pedernales
- Coordinates: ,
- Elevation: 1300 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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