Alansmia heteromorpha (Hook. & Grev.) Moguel & M.Kessler
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Filed As
Polypodiaceae
Alansmia heteromorpha (Hook. & Grev.) Moguel & M.Kessler -
Collector(s)
C. J. Rothfels 3488, 21 Feb 2010
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Location
Ecuador. Pichincha. Volcan Pichincha, eastern flanks of. Slightly behind the teleferico terminus. On this day we took the teleferico up, and then walked down a gravel/cobblestone road to the bottom, near the monument.
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 03982929
Occurrence ID: 0a8e3c48-aaa9-415c-8a0c-ca32cf9e4da3
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Pteridophyta
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Order
Polypodiales
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Family
Polypodiaceae
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All Determinations
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Region
South America
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Country
Ecuador
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State/Province
Pichincha
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Locality
Volcan Pichincha, eastern flanks of. Slightly behind the teleferico terminus. On this day we took the teleferico up, and then walked down a gravel/cobblestone road to the bottom, near the monument.
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Elevation
Alt. 3954 m. (12972 ft.)
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Coordinates
-0.18614, -78.5384
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Location Notes
[South America]
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Distribution
) Ferns of Ecuador Pichincha Province POLYPODIA CEAE Terpsichore heteromorpha (Hook. & Grev.) A.R. Sm. C.J.Rothfels #3488, with P.Rothfels, M.McHenry. 2010-February-21 YO*> BOTANICAL NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN Volcan Pichincha, eastern flanks of. Slightly behind the teleferico terminus. On this day we took the teleferico up, and then walked down a gravel/cobblestone road to the bottom, near the monument. Rare, hanging off big clumps of moss, on steep earthen walls (ash) of narrow deep gully with clear flowing water in bottom. With much moss, liverworts, Equisetum, cf. Rhychospora, Rosaceae, Polystichum, cf. Anthoxylum, etc. SO.18613 W78.53836 +/-5m. NAD27 (Canada). 3954 m elevation. Duplicates: 3, to: QCA, DUKE, NY. Collected three things that looked slightly different here: the common round-segmented, dense one (CJR 3487); a rarer big, sparse one with irregular segments (3488); and one that looked intermediate (3489). Trip funded in part by a Lewis and Clark Explorers Grant from the American Philosophical Society, to C.Rothfels. This specimen is a voucher for the Pryer lab fern DNA database (www.pryerlab.net). Please notify the Pryer lab of any annotations. 03982929 03982929
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Alansmia heteromorpha (Hook. & Grev.) Moguel & M.Kessler