Cyathea dissimilis (C.V.Morton) Stolze

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Guyana

• State/Province

  Cuyuni-Mazaruni

• Locality

  Below 1st escarpment (of four) of Kamakusa Mt., 0-1 mi. WSW of Smoke (5th) Camp.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1000 m. (3281 ft.)

• Coordinates

  5.8561, -60.1611

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Plants of the Guiana Shield
Cyatheaceae
Cyathea dissimilis (C.V. Morton) Stolze
Det. Gregory S. McKee (US) 2013
Guiana, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Below 1st escarpment (of four) of
Kamakusa Mt., 0-1 mi. WSW of Smoke (5th) Camp.
5° 51' 22" N, 60° 09' 40" W. Elev. 1000 m.
Impenetrable elfin forest to 3m, extremely dense and wet, rich
in epiphytes, with Bonnetia (2 spp.), Brocchinia cf. tatei,
Malpighiaceae, Melastomataceae, Cyperaceae spp.,
Weinmannia, Ilex cf. retusa.
Shrub to 0.5m. Leaves bullate, slightly anisophyllous.
K.J. Wurdack 5784	2 June 2012
with: E. Tripp, A. Radosavljevic & J. Ralph
Smithsonian Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program
United States National Herbarium (US)	EMu irn: 1096*462
03992128