This plant is apparently a new record for Colombia for this species, which was previously known from Ecuador and Bolivia.
Collection Data (W. Testo 1377)
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Dryopteridaceae
- Genus: Polystichum Roth
- Species: Polystichum paramicola M. Kessler & A.R. Sm.
- Var./Subsp.:
- Common name(s):
General Collection Data
- Date: 11-XIII-2017
- Primary Collector & #: W. Testo 1377
- Collection Party: Michael Sundue, David Sanín, William Bravo Pedraza, Cristian Castro, Lia Esperanza Alarcón, Gabriel Peñaloza
- Det. History: David Barrington, August 2020
- Habitat: Paramo
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen Locations: AAU, HUA, VT
Additional Comments
Terrestrial along shaded banks
Collection Location
- Location: Páramo la Rusia – – Duitama – Boyacá – Colombia.
- Coordinates: 5.893N, 73.085W
- Elevation: 3500 m