Dicksonia herbertii

: Marcus triumphantly returns with the Dicksonia

: lower leaf surface with sori

: lower leaf surface with sori

Collection Data (Kessler Lehnert & Sundue 14249)

Classification & Common Names

Class:
Family: Dicksoniaceae
Genus: Dicksonia L'Heritier
Species: Dicksonia herbertii W. Hill.
Var./Subsp.:
Common name(s):

General Collection Data

Date: 9-XIII-2011
Primary Collector & #: Kessler Lehnert & Sundue 14249
Collection Party:
Det. History:
Habitat: Primary Forest
Habit: Terrestrial, Tree fern
Specimen Locations: BRI, STU, Z

Additional Comments

Tree fern, trunk 2 m tall, 16 cm diam., with persistent petiole bases, very hairy, abundant adventitious roots at base, fronds fasculate, to 380 x 110 cm including 160 cm petiole, 11-12 pinn pirs, basal ones ± patent, not or scarcely reduced, apex gradually reduced; fertile, no or only weakly dimorphic with fertile parts with somewhat more contracted lamina, not restricted to some fronds or frond parts.