Cyathea macrocarpa (C.Presl) Domin (1929: 264)

Lehnert, Marcus, 2011, Species of Cyathea in America related to the western Pacific species C. decurrens, Phytotaxa 26, pp. 39-59 : 54

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scientific name	Cyathea macrocarpa (C.Presl) Domin (1929: 264)
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31. Cyathea macrocarpa (C.Presl) Domin (1929: 264) View in CoL . Hemitelia macrocarpa Presl (1847: 41) . Amphicosmia macrocarpa (C.Presl) Moore (1859: 60) . Type:— BRAZIL. Bahia: Blanchet 17 (lectotype, PRC, designated here).

Hemitelia megalosora Trevisan (1851: 164) View in CoL , nom. nud. (Blanchet 3227 is cited, see below).

Cyathea moricandiana Moore (1861: 272) View in CoL , nom. nud. (Blanchet 3227 is cited, below).

Hemitelia moricandiana Hooker (1865: 30) View in CoL . Type:— BRAZIL. Bahia: Blanchet 3227 (lectotype PRC, designated here, fragment F, fragment HB n.v, isolectoytpe K, fragment NY, fragment RB n.v.). Paratype:— GUYANA. Appun 193 (K, fragment NY).

Distribution and habitat: — Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil.

Remarks: — Cyathea macrocarpa has an unusual distribution as it occurs sporadically in the Andean foothills, the Guayana Highlands and northeastern Brazil. Windisch (1978) doubted the correctness of its locus classicus in Edo. Bahia, Brazil, but the species has recently been recollected there.