Diplazium ×torresianum

by Michael Sundue | Oct 13, 2024 | Ferns, New Collections | 0 comments

Diplazium ×torresianum is a hybrid with parentage inferred between D. cristatum and D. ternatum. It was described from this collection in the publication Testo, W.L., Sundue, M. and Vasco, A., 2017. Diplazium hybrids involving D. plantaginifolium and D. ternatum from Mexico and Central America. Brittonia, 69, pp.295-306. The name honors botanist Rafael Torres Colin of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM, Department of Botany.

Collection data

Classification & Common Names

Class: Polypodiopsida
Family: Athyriaceae
Genus: Diplazium Sw.
Species: Diplazium ×torresianum

Collection Data

Collection Date: 19-III-2015
Primary collector: W. Testo
Collected by: W. Testo, R. Torres C., A. Vasco G.
Habitat: Pine - Oak Forest
Habit: Terrestrial
Specimen locations: MEXU, VT

Collection Location

General location: Agencia San Mateo Reforma
Country: Mexico
State or Province: Oaxaca
Municipality: San Mateo Yetla
Coordinates: 17.670833,-96.586944
Elevation: 2100 m

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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!