Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13286 Pteridaceae 
Pteris gardneri (Fee) Hooker 
keys directly on Copeland 
Morobe Province; NW of Waria River; riverine flats 
along Wara Pao, near Yai Village, colls, centered on 
7° 57’ 14” S, 147° 35’ 55” E,‘ natural growth alluvial 
forest; elev. ca. 150 m. 
collection sequence 13267-13296; ground fern; stipes 
robust, furrowed, atropurpureous; frond pectinate, 
segments ca. 5 mm wide, venation free to the margin, 
typically forked. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi et al. 13286 
date: June 11, 1999 
det.: WT 
