Acroporium pungens (Hedw.) Broth.

  • Filed As

    Sematophyllaceae
    Acroporium pungens (Hedw.) Broth.

  • Collector(s)

    P. Wilson 17, 08 Jul 1902

  • Location

    Puerto Rico. Foot-hills of El Yunque; Luquillo Mts.

  • Habitat

    Bark of decaying trees.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 697868

    Occurrence ID: 3ae5bff2-4738-4fad-88d2-18115bc7cd7d

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  • Region

    West Indies

  • Country

    Puerto Rico

  • Locality

    Foot-hills of El Yunque; Luquillo Mts.

  • Coordinates

    18.311, -65.7906

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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FLORA OF ECUADOR
Jens Elgaard Madsen
with Orlando A. Sanchez
I	7683	Cactaceae
Browningia microsperma (Werdermann & Backeb.)MarshaIl
I	LOJA. La Empalme - Celica, km 10. Slope with deciduous forest. Area used for
' raising of cattle and pigs.
(79° 55' W 4° 8' S). Alt. 1300 m.	Jan 20, 2001
Arborescent, 8 m tall. Trunk proper 3 m tall (total lenght = 5 m), 30 cm dbh,
armed with spines. Stems erect or ascending, about 40 distal ones, to 2.5 m
long, 10-14 cm wide at middle of plant, 7-9 cm wide at apex of plant. Observed
pollinated by a hummingbird at 9 am. Vernacular names: tuna turco and cardo.
Liquid material available at AAU. Box collection (spines) avavilable at AAU
Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus, Denmark (AAU) in
_ collaboration with Herbano Reinaldo Espinosa, Ecuador (LOJA)
OG697868