Amauropelta longicaulis
Collection data (M. Sundue, 3127 )
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Thelypteridaceae
- Genus: Amauropelta Kunze
- Species: Amauropelta longicaulis (Baker) Salino & T.E. Almeida
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 02-09-2012
- Collection Number: 3127
- Primary collector: M. Sundue
- Collected by: M. Sundue, J. Betancur, P. Pedraza, G. Giraldo, M. Jaimes, E. Tineo, M. Londono, A. Duque, L. Arias
- Determined by: Alan R. Smith (UC) 2017
- Habitat: Primary Forest
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen locations: COL, NY, VT
- Observations: Rhizome erect, rising ca. 8 cm above soil.
Collection Location
- General location: Parque Nacional Natural Las Orquideas
- Country: Colombia
- State or Province: Antioquia
- Municipality: Frontino
- Coordinates: 6.63908333,-76.20836111
- Elevation: 1680-1750 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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