Diplazium ×torresianum is a hybrid with parentage inferred between D. cristatum and D. ternatum. It was described from this collection in the publication Testo, W.L., Sundue, M. and Vasco, A., 2017. Diplazium hybrids involving D. plantaginifolium and D. ternatum from Mexico and Central America. Brittonia, 69, pp.295-306. The name honors botanist Rafael Torres Colin of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM, Department of Botany.
Collection Data (W. Testo 895)
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Athyriaceae
- Genus: Diplazium Sw.
- Species: Diplazium ×torresianum
- Var./Subsp.:
- Common name(s):
General Collection Data
- Date: 19-III-2015
- Primary Collector & #: W. Testo 895
- Collection Party: W. Testo, R. Torres C., A. Vasco G.
- Det. History: W. Testo (VT)
- Habitat: Pine - Oak Forest
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen Locations: MEXU, VT
Additional Comments
Ravine
Collection Location
- Location: Agencia San Mateo Reforma – – San Mateo Yetla – Oaxaca – Mexico.
- Coordinates: 17°40’15”N, 96°35’13”W
- Elevation: 2100 m
