Megalastrum ctenitoides
Collection data (M. Sundue, 5085 )
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Dryopteridaceae
- Genus: Megalastrum Holttum
- Species: Megalastrum ctenitoides A. Rojas
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 28-I-2022
- Collection Number: 5085
- Primary collector: M. Sundue
- Collected by: Alejandra Vasco - Weston Testo - Sarah Morris - Susana Vega - Jonatan Castro - Verónica Bedoya - Alejandro Marín
- Determined by: M. Sundue
- Habitat: Montane forest
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen locations: BRIT, F, HUA, JAUM, VT
Collection Location
- General location: Reserva Natural Comunitaria Cerro El Inglés
- Country: Colombia
- State or Province: Valle del Cauca
- Municipality: El Cairo
- Coordinates: 4.742143,-76.29339
- Elevation: 2099 m
About the Author
Michael Sundue
My field work is centered in Colombia, and Papua New Guinea. I am based at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E). If you have any ferns that you want identified, please send them to me!
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