This beautiful species belongs to Elaphoglossum sect. Lepidoglossa. It is characterized by having abundant laminar scales, these lanceolate, silvery, setose-margined, overlapping, and usually completely covering the abaxial side of sterile leaves. It occurs in the Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil.
Collection Data (F.B. Matos 1003)
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Dryopteridaceae
- Genus: Elaphoglossum Schott ex J. Sm.
- Species: Elaphoglossum plumosum (Fée) T. Moore
- Var./Subsp.:
- Common name(s):
General Collection Data
- Date: 16-II-2006
- Primary Collector & #: F.B. Matos 1003
- Collection Party: J.L. Paixão, S.C. Sant'Ana & M.M. Lopes
- Det. History: F.B. Matos, V.2010
- Habitat: Atlantic Forest
- Habit: Epiphyte
- Specimen Locations: CEPEC, UPCB
Additional Comments
Collection Location
- Location: Serra do Peito de Moça – – Arataca – Bahia – Brazil.
- Coordinates: -15.173611, -39.341667
- Elevation: 1000 m