Cyathea

  • Filed As

    Cyatheaceae
    Cyathea

  • Collector(s)

    L. J. Brass 29989, 17 Jun 1959

  • Location

    Papua New Guinea. Eastern Highlands. subalpine forest at second lake in Piunde-Aunde Valley.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4005720

    Occurrence ID: a8e63b3e-7616-4119-9a8f-5d6d82ba06e1

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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

    subalpine forest at second lake in Piunde-Aunde Valley

  • Elevation

    Alt. 3700 m. (12139 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -5.7902, 145.057

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    2500

  • Georeferencing Method

    Georeferencing Best Practices (Chapman and Wieczor. I placed the point along the Piunde-Aunde Valley, using coordinates via "Ferns and Lycophytes of the World" (https://www.fernsoftheworld.com/2014/11/22/palhinhaea-tomentosa/), the uncertainty radius encompassing the valley up to ca. 2500 meters.

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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Frequent in edges of patches of subalpine
forest at second lake in Piunde-Aunde Valley;
stout tree-fern up to c. 2 m tall; leaves
about 10, spreading, elliptical, ca. 1 m long.
Eastern Highlands District: alt* 3700 HI*
L. J. Brass, no. 29989_June 17, 1959
Collected on the Sixth Archbold Expedition sponsored by the American
Museum. of Natural History with the aid of a grant from the
National Science Foundation.
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