Cyathea frigida (H.Karst.) Domin (1929a: 262)
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Felipe |
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Cyathea frigida (H.Karst.) Domin (1929a: 262) |
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40. Cyathea frigida (H.Karst.) Domin (1929a: 262) View in CoL . Alsophila frigida Karsten (1859: 61) . Trichipteris frigida (H.Karst.) Tryon (1970: 46) . Type:— COLOMBIA. Cundinamarca: Andes of Bogotá, 2600 m, without date, H. Karsten s.n. (lectotype B-20-0078510!, here designated, isolectotypes LE-00008100!/-00008101!, NY-00148672! [fragment of B], W-0053381!).
Distribution and habitat: — Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and northern Peru at 2975–3550 m in elfin forests and shrubby paramo.
Remarks: —This species is quite similar to Cyathea zongoensis Lehnert (2003: 172) , which replaces it in the central Andes. Most Peruvian records of C. frigida are based on C. nephele Lehnert (2011a: 34) .
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