Cyathea poeppigii (Hook.) Domin, Pteridophyta

Lehnert, Marcus & Kessler, Michael, 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XX. Cyatheaceae, Phytotaxa 334 (2), pp. 118-134 : 129

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scientific name

Cyathea poeppigii (Hook.) Domin, Pteridophyta
status

 

Cyathea poeppigii (Hook.) Domin, Pteridophyta View in CoL 263. 1929.

= Sphaeropteris elongata (Hook.) R.M.Tryon, Contr. Gray Herb. 200: 20. 1970.

Range: — Costa Rica and Panama; Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia (CO, LP, SC); southeastern Brazil.

Ecology: —Uncommon on landslides, along rivers and other open areas like roadsides, rarely inside closed forests; 300–1200 m.

Notes: —In the eastern Andean foothills from Colombia to Peru, C. poeppigii is a common roadside tree fern that can reach imposing sizes. In Bolivia, it is less common and diminishes in frequency from west to east.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Cyatheales

Family

Cyatheaceae

Genus

Cyathea

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Cyatheales

Family

Cyatheaceae

Genus

Sphaeropteris

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