Selaginella moritziana Spring

• Region

  North America

• Country

  Mexico

• State/Province

  Oaxaca

• County/Municipio

  Santa María Chimalapa Mun.

• Locality

  Cerro Piicotzuc, highest peak in central Sierra de Tres Picos (ca. 18 straight-line km SSE of La Laguna, Ver.); top of western (slightly lower) peak.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1400 m. (4593 ft.)

• Coordinates

  17.1236, -94.4542

• Location Notes

  [Mexico & Central America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Mt	j 9-003
Herbarium (LSU), Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
FLORA OF THE CHIMALAPA-UXPANAPA REGION
OAXACA-VERACRUZ, MEXICO
3 dups.
Selaginella
OAXACA: Mpio. Sta. María Chlmalapa: Cerro PiicotztK:,
highest peak in central Sierra de Tres Picos (ca. 18 straight-
line km SSE of La Laguna, Ver.); top of western (slightly
lower) peak; granitic range with very high precipitation; ridge
with very steep, in parts almost vertical slopes (to N and S),
rest with very dense cloud scrub 1-1.5 m tall, very exposed
to wind and fog, with Ugni, Cavendishia, Gaultheria, Lasiacis,
Clusia, Markea, Chamaedorea, Sobralia. 17o07,25"N,
94°27'15"W, elev. 1400 m.
Scattered in nearly vertical beds of Sphagnum.
Field-treated in Calzada’s solution (50%othanol + scant formalin)
Col: T. Wendt, Heriberto Hernández G., P. Tenorio, E.
Torres, G. Salazar, M. A. Soto, O. Rocha 6811
5 April 1996
Funded by the National Geographic Society, Grant 5443-95, "Rain
Forest Tree Diversity in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico"
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