Polypodium platylepis Mett.

  • Filed As

    Polypodiaceae
    Polypodium platylepis Mett.

  • Collector(s)

    T. S. Cochrane 8529, 10 Jul 1978

  • Location

    Mexico. Oaxaca. SE slopes of Cerro San Felipe along Mex. Hwy.175 to Ixtlán de Juárez,1.8 km below (S of) road summit at La Cumbre, 24 km by road (at jct. with Hwy.190) and 14 km by air NE of Oaxaca.

  • Specimen Notes

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

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3976362

    Occurrence ID: e0520154-00e1-4748-8b8d-58e761f3f537

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    Mexico

  • State/Province

    Oaxaca

  • Locality

    SE slopes of Cerro San Felipe along Mex. Hwy.175 to Ixtlán de Juárez,1.8 km below (S of) road summit at La Cumbre, 24 km by road (at jct. with Hwy.190) and 14 km by air NE of Oaxaca.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2650 m. (8694 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    17.13, -96.63

  • Location Notes

    [Mexico & Central America]

  • Distribution

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    No botanical uses.

Plants of MEXICO
Polypodium piatylepis Mett.
Epiphytic in moss caipets on trunks and
limbs of trees.
OAXACA: SE slopes of Cerro San Felipe along
Mex. Hwy. 175 to Ixtlan de Juarez, 1.8 km
below (S of) road summit at La Cumbre, 2k km
by road (at jet. with Hwy. 190) and 1^+ kin by
air NE of Oaxaca (17 08'N, 96 38'W).
Pine-Oak forest on steep E- and W-facing
ravine sides, with Oreopanax xalapense & epi-
phytic fungi, mosses, lichens .& ferns; shrub
layer with Rubus trilobusy Mormina xalapense,
Comarostaphylis, Fuchsia cf. enoliandra;
ground layer with Stellariay Cuphea oyaneaa
Chimaphila3 Gaultheria3 Stachys coccinea in
deep peaty mulch.	Alt.: 2650 m.
July 10, 1978	No.: 8529
Colls.: Theodore S. Cochrane, with
BAC., GMD., CMC., and DAK.
Dept. Botany, Univ. Wisconsin-Madlson, Mexican research
trip, summer 1978. Participants: G.J. Breckon, M.E.
Breckon, S. Caughlan, T.S. Cochrane, B.A. Cochrane, C.M.
Corcoran, G. Diggs, D.A. Kolterman, 4 M.A. Raveret.
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