Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

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

Catalog #: YS1G0083

Occurrence ID: 1c97c8b3-48b5-4090-8872-d20119e27a9d

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: YS1G0083

Date: 2021-07-10

Verbatim Date: 24 Nov 2010

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan

Latitude/Longitude: -6.1631 146.840217

Elevation: 1752 meters (5747ft)

Habitat: Secondary montane rainforest

Description: FERN, to 9.4 m in height, DBH 13.5 cm, trunk height to foliage 3.3 m, crown height 6.1 m, crown width 6 m; foliage 3 kg mature wet mass, 306.6 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark with lenticels; fissures vertical, broad, narrow; bark light brown, white, grey; cambium black, white; wood black, white; exudate yellow; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: asuwe Local use: fruits used as stuffing for mattresses and soccerballs

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