Cyathea decurrens (Hook.) Copel.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  Mexico

• State/Province

  Oaxaca

• County/Municipio

  Santa María Chimalapa Mun.

• Locality

  Sierra de Tres Picos, central part, N side, along ridge (between branches of Arroyo Garrobo) that rises southward toward the main E-W ridge and Cerro Piicotz, S of "Puerto Oriental"; ca. 16.5straight-line km SSE of La Laguna, Ver.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1000 - 1100 m. (3281 - 3609 ft.)

• Coordinates

  17.1306, -94.4653

• Location Notes

  [Mexico & Central America]

• Distribution

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Herbarium (LSU), Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
FLORA OF THE CHIMALAPA-UXPANAPA REGION
OAXACA-VERACRUZ, MEXICO
Fern	5 dups.
Cnemidaria decurrens (Liebm.) Tryon
det. John T. Mickel, 1998
OAXACA: Mplo. Sta. Maria Chimalapa; Sierra de Tres
Picos, central part, N side, along ridge (between branches of
Arroyo Garrobo) that rises southward toward the main E-W
ridge and Cerro Piicotz«c, S of "Puerto Oriental"; ca. 16.5
straight-line km SSE of La Laguna, Ver.; granite range, steep
ridge exposed to wind, with irregular cloud forest 10-15 m tall
of Quercus skinneri, diverse Lauraceae, Matayba apétala,
Laplacea grandis, Pithecellobium, Calophyllum, and much
Reinhardtia elegans in the understory.
17°07’50MNf 94027’55"W, elev. 1000-1100 m.
Infrequent terrestrial fern; petiole ca 68 cm, blade
120 cm with ca 36 pairs of alternate pinnae, petiole and
raquis with spines; scales of 2 types.
Field-treated in Calzada’s solution (50%ethanol + scant formalin)
Col: T. Wendt, Heriberto Hernández G., P. Tenorio, E.
Torres, G. Salazar, M. A. Soto, 0. Rocha 6788
4 April 1996
Funded by the National Geographic Society, Grant 5443-95, "Rain
Forest Tree Diversity in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico"
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