Distinguished from its congeners by axes densely provided with long and short scales.
Collection Data (M. Sundue 3220)
Classification & Common Names
- Class:
- Family: Saccolomataceae
- Genus: Saccoloma Kaulf.
- Species: Saccoloma sunduei A. Rojas
- Var./Subsp.:
- Common name(s):
General Collection Data
- Date: 05-IX-2012
- Primary Collector & #: M. Sundue 3220
- Collection Party: M. Sundue, J. Betancur, P. Pedraza, G. Giraldo, M. Jaimes, E. Tineo, M. Londono, A. Duque, L. Arias
- Det. History: M. Sundue
- Habitat: Primary Forest
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen Locations: COL, NY, VT
Additional Comments
Collection Location
- Location: Parque Nacional Natural Las Orquideas – – Frontino – Antioquia – Colombia.
- Coordinates: 6°38'20.7"N, 76°12'30.1"W
- Elevation:
Are those “extra-floral nectaries” [I know, this term makes no sense for ferns]??? I had never noticed them in Saccoloma! Nice specific epithet, btw…