Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center (NGBRC)

Catalog #: YP2C0123

Occurrence ID: 3f2f878a-ee49-4307-a3cd-f94af9036729

Taxon: Sphaeropteris auriculifera (Copel.) R.M.Tryon

Family: Cyatheaceae

Determiner: Z. Ezedin

Date Determined: 10 Jul 2021

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Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: YP2C0123

Date: 2021-07-10

Verbatim Date: 17 Feb 2011

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan

Latitude/Longitude: -6.163017 146.842983

Elevation: 1732 meters (5681ft)

Habitat: Primary montane rainforest

Description: tree fern, to 4.1 m in height, DBH 17 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.1 m, crown height 2 m, crown width 1.7 m, spines or thorns present; foliage 392.3 kg mature wet mass; outer bark rough; bark black; cambium black, cream; wood black, cream; exudate orange; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: kaminge Local use: edible young leaves

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