Cyathea

  • Filed As

    Cyatheaceae
    Cyathea

  • Collector(s)

    L. J. Brass 30316, 4 Jul 1959

  • Location

    Papua New Guinea. Eastern Highlands. Mt Wilhelm, east slopes.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4005769

    Occurrence ID: 09ef6802-e7fc-459b-bf64-d64590ba3992

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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

    Mt Wilhelm, east slopes

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2770 m. (9088 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -5.76195, 145.06

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    1500

  • Georeferencing Method

    Georeferencing Best Practices (Chapman and Wieczor. I placed the point at the ca. ~2700-2800 meter elevation contour line along the eastern slopes of Mount Wilhelm.

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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PLANTS OF NEW GUINEA
Cyathea
Occasional in undergrowth of moist» mossy
forest; tree-fern c. 2 m high; fronds few,
c. 120-140 cm long including stipes of 30-
40 cm*
Eastern Highlands District: Mt. Wilhelm, east slopes f alt» 27?0 BU
L. J. Brass, no. 3Q316__ Jqly 4» 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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