Blechnum fragile (Liebm.) C.V.Morton & Lellinger

  • Filed As

    Blechnaceae
    Blechnum fragile (Liebm.) C.V.Morton & Lellinger

  • Collector(s)

    G. J. Gastony 501, 03 Aug 1967

  • Location

    Dominican Republic. San Rafael-Independencia. Sierra de Neiba, along the Carratera Internacional near the crest of the range, along the Haitian border, vic. line between provinces of San Rafael and Independencia.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 2007436

    Occurrence ID: e6533fb0-3ec7-4491-87c6-4aa0bd59ca9e

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  • Region

    West Indies

  • Country

    Dominican Republic

  • Locality

    San Rafael-Independencia. Sierra de Neiba, along the Carratera Internacional near the crest of the range, along the Haitian border, vic. line between provinces of San Rafael and Independencia.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1700 - 2000 m. (5577 - 6562 ft.)

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
San Rafael—Independencia
No. 501	^ August 1967
Blechnum polypodioides (Sw.) Kuhn
det. Gastorjy
Frequent. Scandent on shaded tree ferns. Fertile
fronds clustered at apex of rhizome.
Essentially virgin rain-forest on limestone mountains of the Sierra
de Neiba, along the Carratera Internacional near the crest of the
range, along the Haitian border, vie. line between provinces of
San Rafael and Independencia. Elev. 1700-2000 m.
Gerald J. Gastony, Gayle C. Jones, and Daniel H. Norris
Collected under auspices of Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, New
York Botanical Garden, and Smithsonian Institution, with collaboration of
Dr. E. de Js. Marcano F., Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo.
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