Blechnum orientale L.

  • Filed As

    Blechnaceae
    Blechnum orientale L.

  • Collector(s)

    D. H. Lorence 9650 with Ann Kitalong, Michael Balick, George Milne, Carol Milne, 16 Jan 2008

  • Location

    Palau. Airai. Babelthuap (Babeldaob) Island. Vicinity of Ngerusar site of Kitalong's Ngeruluobel summer house.

  • Habitat

    Savanna with scattered Pandanus tectorius, Melastoma, Macaranga, Hedyotis, Nepenthes, Blechnum, ferns, grasses and sedges.

  • Description

    Large terrestrial fern forming clumps, rhizomes prostrate, short creeping. Fronds to 1.5 m long, pinnae coriaceous, dark green above, paler beneath, fertile. Locally common.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 206841

    Occurrence ID: 127bcc0c-27d2-457d-83f5-c9ccbe994f6e

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Pteridophyta

  • Order

    Polypodiales

  • Family

    Blechnaceae

  • All Determinations

    Blechnum orientale L. det D. H. Lorence, 06 Jun 2008

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Palau

  • State/Province

    Airai

  • Locality

    Babelthuap (Babeldaob) Island. Vicinity of Ngerusar site of Kitalong's Ngeruluobel summer house

  • Elevation

    Alt. 61 - 76 m. (200 - 249 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    7.35817, 134.526

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The New York Botanical Garden
Institute of Economic Botany
Ethnobotanical Studies in Micronesia
Pteridophyte
Blechnum orientale L.
det. David H. Lorence, 06/06/2008
Republic of Palau. Babelthuap (Babeldaob) Island. Airai State.
Vicinity of Ngerusar site of Kitalong's Ngeruluobel summer house.
7°21'29"N, 134°3r34"E
61-76 m.
Savanna with scattered Pandanus tectorius, Melastoma,
Macaranga, Hedyotis, Nepenthes, Blechnum, ferns,
grasses and sedges.
Large terrestrial fern forming clumps, rhizomes prostrate, short
creeping. Fronds to 1.5 m long, pinnae coriaceous, dark green above
paler beneath, fertile. Locally common.
16/01/2008
David H. Lorence, Ann Kitalong, Michael Balick, George Milne,
Carol Milne 9650
The V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation
NYdb
00206841