C. Whitefoord

Creator(s):
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
Creator role(s):
  • Creator
  • Creator
  • Lygodium venustum Sw., Belize, C. Whitefoord 8054, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Lygodium venustum Sw., Belize, C. Whitefoord 8054, F
  • Ferns From Past to Present, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (Award No. MA-30-13-0544-13).
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Ferns From Past to Present, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (Award No. MA-30-13-0544-13).
Current Determination: Lygodium venustum Sw.
Family: Lygodiaceae
Habitat/Microhabitat: upland mesic forest

Collector(s): C. Whitefoord
Collection Date: 1 September 1992
Description: Uses: Ornamental (Arellano et al. 2003:548). Medicine, ritual (Balick et al. 2000:43). Treats skin fungus, sores, rashes, and skin condidtions; poultice made of leaves applied to head for headache; used for altar decoration during ceremonies in the past (Arvigo and Balick 1998:227). Common names: Alambre, alambre-xi, behuco de alambre, corremiento, wire wisk, wire whiss, xich-el-ba, xix-el-bá (Balick et al. 2000:43). Alhambre xiv, bejuco de alhambre, wire vine, wire wis (Duke 2009: 421). Bejuco de alhambre, alambre xiv, xix-el-ba (Arvigo and Balick 1998:227).
Catalog Subset: Economic Botany
Catalog Project: Mesoamerican Ethnobotany
EMu IRN: 2789451
OccurenceID: f5034614-5b33-4d78-8a37-7dccadc35c68

Disclaimer: The Field Museum's online Botanical Collections Database may contain specimens and historical records that are culturally sensitive. Some records may also include offensive language. These records do not reflect the Field Museum’s current viewpoint but rather the social attitudes and circumstances of the time period when specimens were collected or cataloged.

We welcome feedback. The web database is not a complete record of the Museum’s botanical holdings, and documentation for specimens will vary due to when and how they were collected as well as how recently they were acquired. While efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of the information available on this website, some content may contain errors. We work with communities and stakeholders around the world to interpret the collections in order to promote a greater understanding of global heritage and, through consultation, will revise or remove information that is inaccurate or inappropriate.  We encourage and welcome members of communities, scholars, and others to contact us to confirm or clarify data found here.