Ceratopteris pteridoides (Hook.) Hieron.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Pando

• County/Municipio

  Nicolás Suárez Prov.

• Locality

  Lago Bay, a black water lake formed by Río Arroyo just upstream from its junction with Río Manuripi.

• Coordinates

  -11.95, -68.67

• Distribution

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Programa Flora
The New York Botanical Garden
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia
Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi
Department of Pando
Manuripi, BOLIVIA
Sperling No. 6543	Pteridophyte
Ceratopteris pteridoides (Hook.) Hieron
det. R. Tryon, 1985
Lago Bay, a black water lake formed by Rio Arroyo
just upstream from its junction with Rio Manuripi.
11°57'S, 68°40'W. Inundated forests on lake margins
and floating mats of vegetation on lake.
Pern floating in loose grass mats at edge of river.
Young leaves with blades, older leaves more or less
bladeless. Base of petiole enlarged and spongy.
Leaves producing abundant plantlets from base of
dichotomous branching.
C.R. Sperling, S. King	9 August 1982
Fieldwork supported by The National Science Foundation and the
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvlmento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq).
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