Alsophila salvinii Hook.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  Mexico

• State/Province

  Oaxaca

• County/Municipio

  Santa María Chimalapa Mun.

• Locality

  Sierra de Tres Picos, central part; main E-W ridge, 1.5 km W of Cerro Piicotzʉc, ca 17.5 straight-line km SSE of La Laguna

• Elevation

  Alt. 1150 - 1250 m. (3773 - 4101 ft.)

• Coordinates

  17.125, -94.4653

• Location Notes

  [Mexico & Central America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Herbarium (LSU), Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
FLORA OF THE CHIMALAPA-UXPANAPA REGION
OAXACA-VERACRUZ, MEXICO
Fern	6 duPs-
Alsophila salvinii Hook,
det. John T. Mickel, 1998
OAXACA: Mpio. Sta. Maria Chimalapa: Sierra de Tres
Picos, central part; main E-W ridge, ca 1.5 km W of Cerro
Piicotztfc, ca 17.5 straight-line km SSE of La Laguna, Ver.;
granite range, ridge with medium-height cloud forest (lightly
protected from wind) of diverse Lauraceae, Alfaroa, Catatóla,
Ficus, Genipa volcanicola, Clethra, Dalbergia, Freziera guat-
emalensis, understory incl. Lauraceae, Cephaelis elata,
Uroskinnera, Trophis "chiapensis", Reinhardtia elegans,
Synechanthus, tree ferns. 17°07’30"N, 94°27’55,,W, elev.
1150-1250 m.
Tree fern, without spines; trunk 1 m tall; petiole ca 78
cm plus blade 100 cm, 14 pairs of pinnae, petiole and raquis
scaly; abundant.
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, O. Rocha 6790
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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