Collection Data (M. Sundue 5170)
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Dryopteridaceae
- Genus: Polybotrya Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
- Species: Polybotrya lechleriana Mett.
- Var./Subsp.:
- Common name(s):
General Collection Data
- Date: 6-II-2022
- Primary Collector & #: M. Sundue 5170
- Collection Party: Alejandra Vasco, Weston Testo, Sarah Morris, Susana Vega, Jonatan Castro, Verónica Bedoya, Alejandro Marín, Arcangel Gómez
- Det. History: M. Sundue
- Habitat:
- Habit: Climber, Terrestrial
- Specimen Locations: BRIT, F, JAUM, VT
Additional Comments
Young plants seen terrestrial, older plants seen climbing trees. Rhizomes of older plants 1-2 cm diam. Leaves to 1 m long, 3-pinnate-pinnatifid, pale green, held horizontal to ground, dimorphic. Fertile leaves essentially without lamina, the axes entirely sporangiate. Locally abundant.
Collection Location
- Location: Parque Nacional Natural Tatamá – – Pueblo Rico – Risaralda – Colombia.
- Coordinates: 5.250756, -76.106451
- Elevation: 2173 m