Cheilanthes papuana C.Chr.

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BOTANICAL
Qarde»*
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
03900040
Altitude: 3540m.
Rhizome short creeping. Stipes to 14cm long, densely covered
with brown translucent scales. Fronds bipinnate. Rachis to
13cm long with 20+ pinnae. Rachis above densely scaly.
Margins of fronds recurved. Backs whitish. DNA
Johns, R.J. 9463	4.8.1998
With: A. Hidayat, R. Woodman, J. Beaman, M. Sands,
Herbaria: BO, K, MAN, FRE, L, CANB, GH, LAE, Tl, NY.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Herbarium Bogoriense, Kebun
Raya Bogor, the Biodiversity Centre, Cenderawasih University,
Manokwari - with assistance from Rio Tinto and PT-Freeport
Indonesia.
Please send new determinations to Irian Jaya Coordinator
R.B.G. Kew, TW9 3AE, UK.
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i EX HERB. HORT. BOT. REG KEW
FLORA OF MOUNT JAYA, PAPUA, INDONESIA
(NEW GUINEA)
Adiantaceae
Aleuritopteris papuana (C. Chr.) H. Schneid.
(Cheilanthes papuana C. Chr.) .
Det. H. Schneider 5.2003 & 2006
4° 3'S 137° 6'E
Mimika Regency, PT-Freeport Indonesia Concession Area: E
of Carstensz Meadow.
On* teep slopes and weathered limestone cliffs of glaciated
valley. Short subalpine shrubbery with abundant remains of
former subalpine forest in the form of dead burnt tree trunks 8-
10 cm d.b.h.
03900040