Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 970287

Occurrence ID: e580acf5-2c58-45fa-ac3d-979440837920

Secondary Catalog #: 1371887

Taxon: Sphaeropteris runensis (Alderw.) R.M.Tryon

Family: Cyatheaceae

Determiner: K. Molem

Date Determined: 25-Aug-2014

Collector: Weiblen, G. D. & Binatang Research Center

Number: NP2B0084

Date: 2014-03-25

Verbatim Date: 25 Mar 2014

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba

Latitude/Longitude: -5.7222 145.2714

Elevation: 1200 meters (3936ft)

Habitat: Primary lower montane forest

Description: tree fern, to 4.29 m in height, DBH 6.5 cm, trunk height to foliage 4.24 m, crown height 0.05 m, crown width 2.53 m,; foliage 0.5893 kg mature wet mass, ; outer bark with lenticels,; cambium black, white,; wood black, white,; exudate orange, red,; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local Name(s): imundi; Local Use(s): Edible leaves cooked and eaten as greens.

Notes: BRC, LAE, MIN

Specimen Media

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Open Large File

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Rights Holder: Bell Museum, University of Minnesota

Access Rights: Users are required to adhere to Bell Museum collections policy. Questions may be directed to the curator in charge.

For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Timothy Whitfeld, Collections Manager (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)

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