This species was long treated in the segregate genus Anopteris, but appears to be nested within Pteris. It appears to be restricted to exposed limestone outcrops in very humid forest.
Pteris hexagona
Collection data
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Pteridaceae
- Genus: Pteris L.
- Species: Pteris hexagona (L.) Proctor
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: Lithophyte
- 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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