Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Tmesipteris lanceolata P.A.Dang.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, Kermadec Ecological Region and District, Kermadec Islands Nature Reserve, Northern Kermadec Islands group, Raoul Island, Prospect southern slopes)
Field Collection Date
15 May 2011
Field Collection Notes
Common on the trunks of massive Cyathea milnei tree ferns growing in dense, deeply shaded 'wet' forest dominated by Kermadec pohutukawa (Metrosideros kermadecensis), hutu (Ascarina lucida var. lanceolata), mahoe (Melicytus aff. ramiflorus), nikau (Rhopalostylis baueri) and Kermadec fivefinger (Pseudopanax kermadecensis). Associated with Calomnion complanatum, Hymenophyllum demissum, H. sanguinolentum, Radula cordiloba subsp. erigens, Trichomanes humile, T. caudatum, and Plagiochila pacifica. Although often seen in this area specimens were only sparingly fertile.
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-29.27497, -177.92989
-177.92989, -177.92989
Last Update
27 Sep 2016
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