Cyathea

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Papua New Guinea

• State/Province

  Eastern Highlands

• Locality

  Mt. Otto, south slopes

• Elevation

  Alt. 2400 m. (7874 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -5.95446, 145.501

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  2200

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Best Practices (Chapman and Wieczor. I placed the point at the ca. 2400 meter elevation contour line along the southern slopes of Mount Otto.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Cyathea
Plentiful in foreist of the slopes; very large
tree-fern attaining a height of 10-13 m.;
leaves numerous (15-20)» spreading, elliptic,
averaging c. 5 m in length including stipes
of c. 75 cm.
Eastern Highlands District: Mt. Otto, south slopes, alt* 2^00 m.
L. J. Brass, no. - 31059 _ August Ik, 1959
Collected on the Sixth Archbold Expedition sppnjored by the American
Museum of Natural History with the cud of a grant from the
National Science Foundation.
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