Cyathea leucolepismata Alston (1958: 231)

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20. Cyathea leucolepismata Alston (1958: 231) . Type:— COLOMBIA. Putumayo: Near San Diego de Colorado, between Umbria and Puerto Asís, 16 January 1945, Ewan 16784 (holotype BM, isotypes S, UC, US). Cyathea amazonica Moran (1995: 53) . Type:— ECUADOR. Napo: Upper Río Tiputini, ca. 2 h from bridge on Coca-Auca oilfield road, 00º43'S 76º57'W, 300 m, 21 July 1991, Øllgaard & Blasco 99065 (holotype AAU, isotypes K, LPB, QCA, QCNE, U, UC, US). Distribution and habitat: —Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, in lower montane forests 90–1300 m. Remarks: —This species is very similar in habit and indument to the exindusiate Cyathea leucofolis

Domin from southeastern Brazil.