Cyathea

  • Filed As

    Cyatheaceae
    Cyathea

  • Collector(s)

    L. J. Brass 31996, 10 Oct 1959

  • Location

    Papua New Guinea. Eastern Highlands. Arau.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4005775

    Occurrence ID: c913d598-dcee-4760-ba72-ca28f9ec5abd

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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

    Arau

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1400 m. (4593 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -10.0923, 149.294

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    1000

  • Georeferencing Method

    Georeferencing Best Practices (Chapman and Wieczor. I placed the point at Arau, with the uncertainty radius encompassing the area up to ca. 1000 meters.

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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Cyathea
PLANTS OF NEW GUINEA	I </ X.
Common locally in Castanopsis-oak forest; stems
several from a common base, about 2 cm thick &
up to 5 m long; leaves usually h-5>, flat spread-
ing averaging c. 1 m in length, usually only one
spore-bearing. Dried stom section fiaparat.e-
Eastern Highlands District: Arau, alt« lhOO m*
L. J. Brass, no. 31996_October 10. 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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