I am not entirely certain of this identification. I apply the name based on the presence of a scarious false indusium, curved acicular hairs, absence of glandular hairs.
Collection Data (M. Sundue & H. Maraia 4291)
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
- Genus: Hypolepis Bernh.
- Species: Hypolepis elegans Carruth.
- Var./Subsp.:
- Common name(s):
General Collection Data
- Date: 07-XI-2016
- Primary Collector & #: M. Sundue & H. Maraia 4291
- Collection Party: Irene Engilis, Alan Hitch, Ed de Vogel, John Trochet, Nittya Semard, Allen Allison, Raymon Joshua, Kore Maraia, Dabio, Alois Gambia
- Det. History: M. Sundue
- Habitat: Castanopsis forest
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen Locations: LAE, VT
Additional Comments
Collection Location
- Location: Wild Dog Camp - former site of SINIVIT Wild Dog Mine – – – East New Britain – Papua New Guinea.
- Coordinates: S4.62616° E152.04406°
- Elevation: 1335 m
