Bolbitis interlineata

by Michael Sundue | Jun 7, 2025 | Ferns | 0 comments

This is a rare species known only from a handful of collections made in Sarawak and Java. It was kindly identified for me by Yi-Shan Chao of National Taiwan Normal University. Unfortunately I was having a bad camera day, and only have these photos taken with my phone.

Collection data (M. Sundue, S.110976 )

Classification & Common Names

Class: Polypodiopsida
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Bolbitis Schott
Species: Bolbitis interlineata (Copel.) Ching

Collection Data

Collection Date: 2-III-2024
Collection Number: S.110976
Primary collector: M. Sundue
Collected by: Michael Sundue, Peter Wilkie, Sadie Barber, Rantai Jawa, Johnny Angkabau
Determined by: Yi-Shan Chao
Habitat: Lowland forest
Habit: Terrestrial
Specimen locations: E, SAR
Observations: Rhizome parenchyma conspicuously blue-green

Bolbitis interlineata

Collection Location

General location: Tunoh on road towards Sang Anau Village Sungai Entuloh up river.
Country: Malaysia
State or Province: Sarawak
Municipality: Kapit
Coordinates: 2.064787,113.675340
Elevation: 345 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!