Lygodium versteegii is diagnosed by its reticulate venation and its close set leaflets that appear whorled on the rachis. The leaflets are simple or bear small lobes at the base.
Lygodium versteegii
Collection data
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Lygodiaceae
- Genus: Lygodium Sw.
- Species: Lygodium versteegii Christ
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 4-XI-2019
- Collection Number: 4223
- Primary collector: M. Sundue & H. Maraia
- Collected by: Irene Engilis, Alan Hitch, Ed de Vogel, John Trochet, Nittya Semard, Allen Allison, Raymon Joshua, Kore Maraia, Dabio, Alois Gambia
- Determined by: M. Sundue
- Habitat: Castanopsis forest
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen locations: LAE, VT
Collection Location
- General location: Wild Dog Camp - former site of SINIVIT Wild Dog Mine
- Country: Papua New Guinea
- State or Province: East New Britain
- Coordinates: ,
- Elevation: 1355 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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