Astrolepis beitelii (Mickel) D.M.Benham & Windham

• Region

  North America

• Country

  Mexico

• State/Province

  Jalisco

• Locality

  Reserva Biosfera Sierra de Manantlan Middle-elevation slope on steep W edge of CERRO Grande, a massive limestone plateau 18-50 km NW of Colima, overlooking Arroyo Pitahayas and the valley between San Pedro Toxín and El Sauz, along transect from (and 1.1 km due E of)L0S ENCINITOS to the antennas on the upper W edge of the cerro, 7 km (airline distance) due NW of El Terrero

• Elevation

  Alt. 1600 m. (5249 ft.)

• Coordinates

  19.4925, -103.986

• Location Notes

  [Mexico & Central America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

BOTANICAL
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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GABDEN
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CA
MEXICO} Edo, Jalisco
Reaerva Biosfera Sierra de Mansntlan
Chellanthes beltelll Mickel
Terrestrial» rhizomatous; fronds in clumps,
white beneath due to dense covering of scales.
Good quality tropical deciduous forest ("bos*
que tropical caducifolio"); leading dominants:
Lvsiloma (acapulcensla?)-Leucsena macrophylla-
Alstonia longlfolla; other tree sp.: Bursera
fagaroldes; mid-height canopy dominated by Chus-
quea leihmannli thickets; evident groundlayer
spp.: Lasiacis nigra, Ipomoea. Bouvardia. Perv-
menlum, Verbeslna. Dryopteris.r
Collected spp* (13029-13030) from huge open out-
crop with Cheilanthes beitelli. Hybanthus humi-
11a; Pltcairnla karwinskyana. Bonplandia gemlr
niflora« Crusea, andMelampodium in cracks and
depressions on bare bedrock.
Middle-elevation slope on steep W edge of CERRO
Grande, a massive limestone plateau 18-50 km ml
of Colima, overlooking Arroyo Pitahayas and the
valley between San Pedro Toxin aiul El Sauz, along
transect from (and 1.1 km due E of)L0S ENCINITOS
to the antennas on the upper W edge of the cerro,
7 km (airline distance) dueNW of El Terreron
(19 29'33"N, 103 59'10"W). Alt. 1,600 m.
T. S. Cochrane No. 13,031 Aug. 12, 1993
with D. T. Aussem and F. J. Santana M,
! Field work supported by the Xnetituto Meneutl/n de Ecologi*
y Coneervaclrfn de U Biodiversided (IMECBIO), Univ. de Guad—
I elejere, end Che Natural History Museums Council, E.K. end
. O.K. Allen Herbarium Fund, and Che Devle Fund, all of the
Univ. of Wlsconsln-Hadlson.
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