Cyathea chimborazensis (Hook.) Hieron.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Peru

• State/Province

  Pasco

• County/Municipio

  Oxapampa Prov.

• Locality

  Oxapampa-Cerro de Pasco road, La Suiza to San Gotardo.

• Elevation

  Alt. 2100 - 2650 m. (6890 - 8694 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -11.63, -75.58

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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each side/ leaflets lax* drooping/ stipe
50cm/ basal pinnae reflexed backward*
drooping as others? shoot apex (crosiers)
completely protected by leaf bases/ two
,or more generations of crosiers present?
indusia spherical.
19 May 1983
D. N. Smith 4097
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
PERU
Fern
Sphaeropteris
D. Smith 4097
Cyathea chimborazensis (Hook.) Hieron.
Det. A. Rojas 9/2006
Jardin Botànico Lankester (USJ)
(D. N. Smith 4097)
CYATHEACEAE
Cyathea caracasana var. meridensis
(Karst.) Tryon
Det. R. Tryon (GH)/ 1987
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
PASCO/ Oxapampa Prov/ Oxapampa-Cerro de
Pasco road/ La Suiza to San Gotardo
(75°35'W/ 11°38,S) 2100-2650m.
Primary high montane forest dominated by
Dictyocaryum? frequent fogs.
Arborescent 5m? swollen base with sprout?
trunk 12cm dia/ naked with leaf scars?
11 fronds inserted in very flat spiralr
almost appearing verticillate at apex of
trunk then diverges at 6 0° angler scales
rusty margin/ dark center/ 15-16 leaflets
19 May 1983
D. N. Smith 4097
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
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