Cyathea

  • Filed As

    Cyatheaceae
    Cyathea

  • Collector(s)

    L. J. Brass 31059, 14 Aug 1959

  • Location

    Papua New Guinea. Eastern Highlands. Mt. Otto, south slopes.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4005748

    Occurrence ID: c06673c4-d75b-4ba9-a5c0-e0c13ab3b534

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Pteridophyta

  • Order

    Cyatheales

  • Family

    Cyatheaceae

  • All Determinations

    Cyathea

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Papua New Guinea

  • State/Province

    Eastern Highlands

  • Locality

    Mt. Otto, south slopes.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2400 m. (7874 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -5.94513, 145.5

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    2200

  • Georeferencing Method

    Georeferencing Best Practices (Chapman and Wieczor. I placed the point at the ca. 3000 meter elevation contour line along the southern slopes of Mount Otto.

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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PLANTS OF NEW GUINEA
Cyathea
Plentiful in forest of the slopes5 very large
tree-fern attaining a height of 10-13.5
leaves numerous (15-20), spreading, elliptic,
averaging c. 275 m in length including stipes
of c. 75 cm.
Collected on the Sixth Archbold Expedition sponsored by the American
Museum of Natural History with the did of a grant from the
National Science Foundation.
Eastern Highlands District^'alt• 2I4OO in»
L. J. Brass, no. 31059
Mt. Otto, south slopes:
August Ik, 1959
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