Claim · model-written summary
Triplochiton scleroxylon hosted the most pteridophytes.
- Taxon
- Triplochiton scleroxylon
Triplochiton scleroxylone0 - Interactor
- pteridophytese0other
- Outcome
- number of pteridophytese0
- Direction
- greateste0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Triplochiton scleroxylon hosted the greatest number of pteridophytes”
Title
Louis Zapfack; Aloys Bernard Nkongmeneck; Jean Francois Villiers; et al. Selbyana 1996
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- Observation Pteridophytes accounted for 20 epiphytic species.
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- Observation Pteridophytes represented over one quarter of the epiphytic flora regardless of host.
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