Melpomene

  • Filed As

    Polypodiaceae
    Melpomene

  • Collector(s)

    C. J. Rothfels 3531, 23 Feb 2010

  • Location

    Ecuador. Pichincha. Rd Lagunas de Mojanda-Otavalo. We parked the car at the Malchingui-Otavalo intersection, alongside the lake, and walked up to the cliff faces.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3985654

    Occurrence ID: d307b119-2009-4e52-84db-41e8520a1ade

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Pteridophyta

  • Order

    Polypodiales

  • Family

    Polypodiaceae

  • All Determinations

    Melpomene

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Pichincha

  • Locality

    Rd Lagunas de Mojanda-Otavalo. We parked the car at the Malchingui-Otavalo intersection, alongside the lake, and walked up to the cliff faces.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 3851 m. (12635 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    0.12158, -78.2662

  • Location Notes

    [South America]

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Ferns of Ecuador
Pichincha Province
POLYPODIACEAE
C.J.Rothfels #3531, with M.McHenry, P.Rothfels.	2010-February-23
Rd Lagunas de Mojanda—Otavalo. We parked the car at the Malchingui-Otavalo
intersection, alongside the lake, and walked up to the cliff faces. Locally common on
underside of branch, with an entire-leaved Polypodiaceae sp., in elfin forest fragment in
small ravine.
NO.12157 W78.26618 +/-30m. NAD27 (Canada). 3851 m elevation.
Duplicates: 4, to: QCA, NY, UC, DUKE. 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.
03985654