Alsophila imrayana var. basilaris (Christ) Lellinger

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Venezuela

• State/Province

  Amazonas

• Locality

  Dpto. Rio Negro. Cerro de la Neblina Expedition. CAMP VII: Cerro de la Neblina, 5.1 m NE Pico Phelps (=Neblina) (21.5 Km E Neblina Base Camp), mossy streambanks of Caño Gardner downstream from streamside camp.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1720 m. (5643 ft.)

• Coordinates

  0.8444, -65.9694

• Distribution

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The New York Botanical Garden
Beitel 85167
Alsophila imrayana (Hook.) Conant
Duplicate at ÜC det. A. R. Smith, 1988
The New York Botanical Garden
Venezuela, Amazonas, Dpto. Rio Negro
Cerro de la Neblina Expedition
Cyathea
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
CAMP VII: Cerro de la Neblina, 5.1 m NE Pico Phelps (=Neblina) (21.5 Km E Neblina Base Camp), mossy streambanks of Caño Gardner downstream from streamside camp, cloud
forest with tall trees (15 ml, palmsr and
tree ferns.
1720 m elevation	00°50'40MN,
65°58 »10**W
tree fern In small stream valley with low,
herbaceous growth and surface spring; trunk
1-5 m tall, 15-20 cm diam, covered with
sharp, upward-curved black spines, 0.5-1 cm
long; fronds 2-3 m long, 1-2 m wide, stipe
brown scury with spines simitar to trunk
Joseph Beitel 85167	6 Feb 1985
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Field work supported by the Fundación para el Desarrollo de las Ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas y
Naturales, the National Science Foundation and the National Geographic Society.
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