Blechnum occidentale L.

  • Filed As

    Blechnaceae
    Blechnum occidentale L.

  • Collector(s)

    D. R. Simpson 457, 21 Dec 1967

  • Location

    Peru. Tumbes. Zarumilla Prov. In Quebrada Trapazola near Campo Verde. Distrito Matapalo. Bosque Nacional de Tumbes: Región de "bosque seco subtropical" (sensu Tosi, 1960) cerca de Campo Verde.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4168624

    Occurrence ID: 2340167e-68f2-4e59-a743-3d810d23dd75

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Pteridophyta

  • Order

    Polypodiales

  • Family

    Blechnaceae

  • All Determinations

    Blechnum occidentale L.

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Peru

  • State/Province

    Tumbes

  • County/Municipio

    Zarumilla Prov.

  • Locality

    In Quebrada Trapazola near Campo Verde. Distrito Matapalo. Bosque Nacional de Tumbes: Región de "bosque seco subtropical" (sensu Tosi, 1960) cerca de Campo Verde.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 600 - 800 m. (1969 - 2625 ft.)

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PERU
Field Museum oí Natural History, Servicio Forestal y de Caza del Perú
Dpto. Tumbes: Prov. Zarumilla
Blechnum occidental® L*
(det. D. B. Lellinger, 1969)
Leaves to 2 dm. above soil; rhizones thin or
none, many fibrous roots. In moist swales
(shady) of quebrada bottom where there is some
gravelly soil among rocks. Young fronds red-
dish. In Quebrada Trapazóla near Campo Verde.
Distrito Matapalo.
Bosque Nacional de Tumbes: Región de “bosque seco subtropical”
(sensu Tosi, 1960) cerca de Campo Verde. Altura sobre el mar 600-
800 m.
Coll. Donald 3. Simpson ^57 Dec. 21, 1967
& José Schunke V.
Collections of a cooperalire project- sponsored by the Servieio Fore&tnl y de Caza (Lima, Peru)
and the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago). Funded by National Science Founda-
tion grant no. GBS588.
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