Dicksonia sciurus C.Chr.

Credit:RECOLNAT (ANR-11-INBS-0004) - Picturae - 2016

Project:RECOLNAT (ANR-11-INBS-0004)

Specimen

UM-MPU-MPU380741

Taxonomy

Family

Pteridophyta

Genus

Dicksonia

Species

Dicksonia sciurus

Name

Dicksonia sciurus C.Chr.

Origin

Country label

Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée

Country ISO (code)

Papua New Guinea (pg)

Verbatim locality

Madang, Usino Bundi, Bana Numbu (Bundi Station), Above Camp 1700 on trail to Plots

Phenology

fert

Collector's name

J.-C. Pintaud

With

J. Munzinger, J.-F. Molino, K. Molem

Expedition

La planète revisitée - Expédition MNHN / PNI / IRD. Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée 2012-2013

Collector's number

677

Collection date

2012-11-2

Altitude

1700

Geographic coordinates

5° 45' 23.004'' S ; 145° 14' 12.012'' E

-5.75639 ; 145.23667

Description

Tree fern. 4m tall. Massive tree fern, trunk 4 m tall, 15 cm diamter including leaf base remains. Crown ascending, funnel-shapped, with 12 fronds. Petiole 70 cm long, rachis 3,90 m long, with ca. 20 second order rachis, covered with bristle, dark reddish-brown hairs

Determination

Pintaud

2012