Lindsaea obtusa J.Sm.

  • Filed As

    Lindsaeaceae
    Lindsaea obtusa J.Sm.

  • Collector(s)

    C. Trauernicht 85, 09 Feb 2005

  • Location

    Federated States of Micronesia. Dolen Nankep, Kepnlewi forest.

  • Habitat

    Wet cliff face, shaded. Old-growth, hilltop forest fragment surrounded by sakau plantations below; Large cliff section; Very rocky unstable soil; High canopy (20-25 m) dominated by Elaeocarpus carolinensis; Very shaded understory with Pandanus (sp. dubious?) and Clinostigma palms abundant in midstory; East-facing slope aspect; Very moist conditions, esp. on cliff face; Hill top identified on map as Dolen Nankep.

  • Description

    Fern; entire frond pressed; growing in clumps; sori along upper margins of pinnae; rachis and stipe dark purplish.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 202843

    Occurrence ID: 497c7dcb-20df-4025-8db3-2f6ffe69cde9

  • Related Publications

    [Book] Balick, Michael J. 2009. Ethnobotany of Pohnpei. xi, 585.

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Pteridophyta

  • Order

    Polypodiales

  • Family

    Lindsaeaceae

  • All Determinations

    Lindsaea obtusa J.Sm. det D. H. Lorence, Dec 2005

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Federated States of Micronesia

  • Locality

    Dolen Nankep, Kepnlewi forest

  • Elevation

    Alt. 450 m. (1476 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    6.8979, 158.212

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    1000

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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