This endemic species grows among rocks in open places along the Campos Rupestris in central Brazil.
Pellaea cymbiformis – habit
Collection Data (J. Prado 1404)
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Pteridaceae
- Genus: Pellaea Link
- Species: Pellaea cymbiformis J. Prado
- Var./Subsp.:
- Common name(s):
General Collection Data
- Date: 6-I-2002
- Primary Collector & #: J. Prado 1404
- Collection Party: J. Prado & T. Barbara-Blubaugh
- Det. History:
- Habitat: Campos rupestres
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen Locations: SP
Additional Comments
Collection Location
- Location: Road between Diamantina-Curvelo – – Gouveia – – Brazil.
- Coordinates: 18°43’49”S, 43°52’31”W
- Elevation: ca. 1500 m
What a beauty! I didn’t know this species. It is always amazing to see a fern growing in this kind of environment…