Alsophila erinacea (H.Karst.) D.S.Conant, J. Arnold Arbor.

Lehnert, Marcus & Kessler, Michael, 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XX. Cyatheaceae, Phytotaxa 334 (2), pp. 118-134 : 121

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.334.2.2

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scientific name

Alsophila erinacea (H.Karst.) D.S.Conant, J. Arnold Arbor.
status

 

Alsophila erinacea (H.Karst.) D.S.Conant, J. Arnold Arbor. View in CoL 64: 371. 1983.

= Nephela erinacea (H.Karst.) R.M.Tryon, Contr. Gray Herb. 200: 40. 1970.

= Cyathea cuspidata var. rigida Rosenst., Meded. Rijks Herb. Leiden 19: 6, 1913.

Range: — Costa Rica, Andes from Colombia to Bolivia (CO, LP).

Ecology: —Regularly found in cool mountain rainforests and cloud forests; 1200–2410 m. In Costa Rica, 5 m tall individuals of this species have been estimated to be 37 years old ( Bittner & Breckle 1995) .

Notes: —There are two varieties of this species ( Gastony 1973) but only var. erinacea occurs in Bolivia; var. purpurascens (Sodiro) D.S.Conant is found at high elevations in Ecuador.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Cyatheales

Family

Cyatheaceae

Genus

Alsophila

Loc

Alsophila erinacea (H.Karst.) D.S.Conant, J. Arnold Arbor.

Lehnert, Marcus & Kessler, Michael 2018
2018
Loc

Alsophila erinacea (H.Karst.) D.S.Conant, J. Arnold Arbor.

D. S. Conant 1983: 371
1983
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