Diplazium wilsonii

The plants collected here were part of a fairly large colony of about 30 plants. Their local proliferation is probably facilitated by the proliferous bud that is present in the axils of distal pinnae. The petiole bases and young crosiers were conspicuously mucilagenous.

: Mucilagenous young crosier

: Mucilagenous young petiole and prominent aerophore

: Lower petiole scales

: Rachis-costa architecture

: Abaxial leaf surface

: Habit

: mucilagenous young crosier

: lower petiole and rhizome

: Rachis-costa architecture and proliferous bud

: Abaxial leaf surface with sori

Collection Data (M. Sundue 3199)

Classification & Common Names

Class: Polypodiopsida
Family: Athyriaceae
Genus: Diplazium Sw.
Species: Diplazium wilsonii (Bak.) Diels
Var./Subsp.:
Common name(s):

General Collection Data

Date: 05-IX-2012
Primary Collector & #: M. Sundue 3199
Collection Party: M. Sundue, J. Betancur, P. Pedraza, G. Giraldo, M. Jaimes, E. Tineo, M. Londono, A. Duque, L. Arias
Det. History: M. Sundue
Habitat: Primary Forest
Habit: Terrestrial
Specimen Locations: COL, NY, VT