Pleopeltis fayorum is restricted to the western side of the Andes in Ecuador and Colombia. It can be distinguished from other speices of Pleopeltis by the distinctly bicolorous rhizome scales and the stellate-divided adaxial laminar scales.
Collection Data (M. Sundue 2692)
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Polypodiaceae
- Genus: Pleopeltis Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
- Species: Pleopeltis fayorum R. C. Moran
- Var./Subsp.:
- Common name(s):
General Collection Data
- Date: 16-III-2011
- Primary Collector & #: M. Sundue 2692
- Collection Party: M. Sundue & M. McHenry
- Det. History: M. Sundue
- Habitat: Cloud forest
- Habit: Epiphyte
- Specimen Locations: QCA, VT
Additional Comments
Frequent here
Collection Location
- Location: Old Road from Nanegalito to Tandayapa – – – Pichincha – Ecuador.
- Coordinates: -0.021756, -78.685157
- Elevation:
