Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 3204 Hymenophyllaceae 
Trichomanes (Selenodesmium) obscurum Bl. 
keys to here on Copeland’s rigidum group; conspecific series 
13143, 13204, 14674, 15185 
Morobe Province; NW of Waria River; buttress ridge 
above Wara Pao, near Yai Village, colls, centered on 7° 
57’ 14” S, 147° 35’ 55” E, natural growth hill forest; elev. 
ca. 200 m. 
collection sequence 13152-13216; very common 
ground fern; caudex short; stipes and basal hairs 
reddish-brown; leaves very dark green; receptacles 
elongate. 
coll: W. Takeuchi et al. 13204 
date: June 7, 1999 
det.: WT, June 2001 
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