Pleopeltis pleopeltifolia

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Pleopeltis pleopeltifolia is restricted to Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay. It is often confused with P. angusta, from Mexico and Central America, from which it differs by the stouter, short-creeping rhizome with approximate leaves, and apices of segments that are much less attenuate and acute.

 

 

Collection data (F.B. Matos, 1187 )

Collection Data
  • Collection Date: 27-V-2006
  • Collection Number: 1187
  • Primary collector: F.B. Matos
  • Collected by: M.C. Gomes
  • Determined by: F.B. Matos, 2006
  • Habitat: Atlantic Forest
  • Habit: Epiphyte
  • Specimen location: UPCB
Pleopeltis pleopeltifolia
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