Acrostichum aureum L.

  • Filed As

    Pteridaceae
    Acrostichum aureum L.

  • Collector(s)

    D. R. Simpson 605 with José Schunke V., 08 Jan 1968

  • Location

    Peru. Tumbes. Tumbes Prov. Dtto. Tumbes. Cerca de El Caucho o entre El Caucho Y Pampas de Hospital.

  • Habitat

    Regió de "bosque muy seco tropical" (sensu Tosi, 1960). In salt-water mud under mangle.

  • Description

    Non-rhizomatous (?); stems below surface ground; fronds about 7 dm. to 1 m. tall; terminal few pinnae fertile with diffuse sori covering lower surface.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 812759

    Occurrence ID: dd835747-d1da-4123-affe-493193565972

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Pteridophyta

  • Order

    Polypodiales

  • Family

    Pteridaceae

  • All Determinations

    Acrostichum aureum L. det D. B. Lellinger, 1969

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Peru

  • State/Province

    Tumbes

  • County/Municipio

    Tumbes Prov.

  • Locality

    Dtto. Tumbes. Cerca de El Caucho o entre El Caucho Y Pampas de Hospital.

  • Location Notes

    Collected at the second mangle stop near Rio Tumbes.

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PERU
Field Museum of Natural History, Servicio Forestal y de Caza del Perú
Dpto. Tumbes: Prov. Tumbes
Dtto. Tumbes
Acrostichum aureum L*
(det. D. B..Lellinger, 1969)
Non-rhyzomatous (?); stems below surface
ground; fronds about 7 dm. to 1 m. tall; ter-
minal few pinnae fertile with diffuse sori
covering lower surface*
In salt-water mud under mangle. Collected at
the second mangle stop near Hio Tumbes.
Bosque Nacional de Tumbes: Región de “bosque muy seco tropical”
(sensu Tosí, 1960) cerca de El Caucho o entre El Caucho y Pampas de
HospitaL
Coll. Donald 3. Simpson 605 January 8, 1968
& José Schunke V,
Collectiona of a cooperative project sponsored by the Servicia Forestal y de Caza (Lima, Peru)
and the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago). Funded by National Science Founda-
tion grant mo. GB-5588.
00812759