Overview
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Endangered |
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Description
Habitat
Ecology: Coastal forest
to humid submontane low Andean forest (500–1,500 m
).[1]
List of Habitats
:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Moniliformopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997, Nom. Nud.
- Class:
Filicopsida
()
- Cronquist Et Al.
- Order:
Filicales
()
- A.b. Frank
- Family:
Cyatheaceae
()
- Kaulfuss, 1827
- Genus:
Alsophila
()
- Specific epithet:
esmeraldensis
- R.C.Moran
- Botanical name: - Alsophila esmeraldensis R.C.Moran
- Specific epithet:
esmeraldensis
- R.C.Moran
- Genus:
Alsophila
(
- Family:
Cyatheaceae
(
- Order:
Filicales
(
- Class:
Filicopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Moniliformopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : R.C.Moran Publication : Nordic J. Bot. 15(1): 49 (1995) 1995
Similar Species
Members of the genus Alsophila
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 449 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
A. abbottii · A. acantha · A. acanthophora · A. acaulis · A. acrostichoides · A. aculeata · A. acuminata · A. acuta · A. acutidens · A. aeneifolia · A. aethiopica · A. affinis · A. alata · A. albida · A. albidopaleata · A. albosetacea · A. alderwereltii · A. alleniae · A. allocota · A. alpina · A. alta · A. alternans · A. alticola · A. alutacea · A. amaiambitensis · A. amazonica · A. amboinensis · A. aminta · A. amintae (Forest Alsophila) · A. andersonii · A. andohahelensis · A. aneitensis · A. annae · A. aperta · A. apiculata · A. apoensis · A. approximata · A. aquillina · A. arbuscula · A. archboldii · A. arfakensis · A. armata · A. armigera · A. articulata · A. aspera · A. aterrima · A. atropurpurea · A. atrovirens · A. auneae · A. aurea · A. auriculata · A. australis (Australian Tree Fern) · A. austroyunnanensis · A. baileyana · A. bakeri · A. balanocarpa · A. ballardii · A. baroumba · A. batjanensis · A. bellisquamata · A. bicrenata · A. biformis · A. bilineata · A. bipinnatifida · A. blanchetiana · A. blechnoides · A. boivinii · A. bongardiana · A. borbonica · A. borinquena · A. borneensis · A. boytelii · A. brausei · A. brevifoliolata · A. brevipinna · A. brooksii (Brooks' Alsophila) · A. brunoniana · A. bryophila (Helecho Gigante De La Sierra) · A. buennemeijeri · A. bullata · A. bulligera · A. burbidgei · A. callosa · A. camerooniana · A. campestrium · A. canelensis · A. capensis · A. caracasana · A. castanea · A. catillifera · A. caudata · A. celsa · A. ceratoperis · A. chnoodes · A. christii · A. cicatricosa · A. cincinnata · A. cinerea · A. cipoensis · A. clementis
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Further Reading
- Valencia, R., Pitman, N., León-Yánez, S. and Jørgensen, P.M. (eds). 2000. Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Ecuador 2000. Publicaciones del Herbario QCA, Ponticicia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito.
- Valencia, R., Pitman, N., León-Yánez, S. and Jørgensen, P.M. (eds). 2000. Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Ecuador 2000. Publicaciones del Herbario QCA, Ponticicia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 24, 2007.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Navarrete, H. & Pitman, N. 2003. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus: The AAU Herbarium Database
- Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3419011
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17565610-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 17565610
- IUCN ID: 43600
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1027109
Footnotes
- Navarrete, H. & Pitman, N. 2003. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
