Pteris altissima Poir.

  • Filed As

    Pteridaceae
    Pteris altissima Poir.

  • Collector(s)

    W. C. Burger 8580, 18 Mar 1973 - 21 Mar 1973

  • Location

    Costa Rica. Puntarenas. Puntarenas (Canton). About 2km. south-east of Monteverde, on the Pacific Watershed.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database on 14 Jun 2022.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3940271

    Occurrence ID: 33a99267-d342-4d87-8586-e6dc26c060e1

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Pteridophyta

  • Order

    Polypodiales

  • Family

    Pteridaceae

  • All Determinations

    Pteris altissima Poir.

  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Costa Rica

  • State/Province

    Puntarenas

  • County/Municipio

    Puntarenas (Canton)

  • Locality

    About 2km. south-east of Monteverde, on the Pacific Watershed.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1500 - 1550 m. (4921 - 5085 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    10.3, -84.8

  • Location Notes

    [Mexico & Central America]

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COSTA RICA
858O	Field Museum of Natural History
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From a woody base 20 cm tall, leaf about 1*5 ®
tall. On forest floor.
Pastures, forest edges, and montane evergreen cloud forest (lower mon-
tane wet forest and lower montane rain forest zones) about 2 km. south-
east of Monteverde, mostly between 1500 and J.550 m. altitude on the
Pacific watershed. Prov. Puntarenas.
10° 18' N. X 84° 48' W.	18 to 21 March 1973
WILLIAM C. BURGER & JOHNNIE L. GENTRY, JR.
Supported in Part by Grants from the National Science Foundation
03940271