Pteris podophylla
Collection data (M. Sundue, 3391 )
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Pteridaceae
- Genus: Pteris L.
- Species: Pteris podophylla Sw.
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 15-Jan-2013
- Collection Number: 3391
- Primary collector: M. Sundue
- Collected by: M. Sundue with the OTS Tropical Fern and Lycophyte Course
- Determined by: M. Sundue
- Habitat: Tropical rainforest
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen location: VT
Collection Location
- General location: Las Cruces Biological Field Station
- Country: Costa Rica
- State or Province: Puntarenas
- Coordinates: 8.78527778,-82.95888889
- Elevation: ca. 1200 m
About the Author
Michael Sundue
My field work is centered in Colombia, and Papua New Guinea. I am based at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E). If you have any ferns that you want identified, please send them to me!
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¡Que bonito Pteris!
(muy lindas fotos Michael)
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