Pyrrosia platyphylla

Posted by Peter Hovenkamp | Ferns, New Collections | 0

It’s always a special thrill to find a species you have described from herbarium material growing in the wild…

: Pyrrosia platyphylla

: Pyrrosia platyphylla

: Pyrrosia platyphylla

Collection Data (P. Hovenkamp 05/194)

Classification & Common Names

Class:
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Pyrrosia Mirbel
Species: Pyrrosia platyphylla Hovenk.
Var./Subsp.:
Common name(s):

General Collection Data

Date: 19-XI-2005
Primary Collector & #: P. Hovenkamp 05/194
Collection Party:
Det. History:
Habitat: Tropical rainforest
Habit: Epiphyte
Specimen Locations: BO, L, WAN

Additional Comments

Collection Location

Location: Gunung Lumut Protection Forest – – – Kalimantan Timur – Indonesia.
Coordinates:
Elevation: 200

About The Author

Peter Hovenkamp

I have been working on ferns since 1980, starting at the Rijksherbarium Leiden, which is now morphed into the Botany section of the Naturalis Biodivesity Center. I have tackled a number of families and genera, always with the goal to find out how many (some would say, how few) species there really are. The main focus of my work has been on the Malesian part of the world (basically, Indonesia and surrounding countries), but I have also worked on the flora of China and Sri Lanka.