Cyathea myriotricha (Baker) R.C.Moran & J.Prado

Lehnert, Marcus, 2016, A synopsis of the exindusiate species of Cyathea (Cyatheaceae-Polypodiopsida) with bipinnate-pinnatifid or more complex fronds, with a revision of the C. lasiosora complex, Phytotaxa 243 (1), pp. 1-53 : 7

17. Cyathea myriotricha (Baker) R.C.Moran & J.Prado in Moran et al. (2008: 363). Polypodium myriotrichum Baker (1885: 217) . Type:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Serra do Caracõa, without date, A. Glaziou 15734 (lectotype K-000590331!, here designated, isolectotypes B-20-0058029!/-20-0058030!, GH n.v., H n.v., MICH, P-00170123!/- 00642710!/-00642711!, US-00067065!).

Polypodium hirtulum Kunze in Steudel (1824: 341), replaced synonym: Polypodium hirsutum Swartz (1817: 61) , not P. hirsutum Desvaux (1811: 317) . Dryopteris hirtula (Kunze) Christensen (1905: 270) . Ctenitis hirtula (Kunze) Brade (1972: 209) , not Cyathea hirtula Martius (1834: 76) . Polypodium lasiernos Sprengel (1827: 61) , nom. superfl. for P. hirsutum Swartz (1817: 61) . Ctenitis lasiernos (Spreng.) Copeland (1947: 124) . Megalastrum lasiernos (Spreng.) Smith & Moran (1987: 128) . Type:— BRAZIL. Without locality [probably Minas Gerais], without date, G.W. Freyreiss s.n. (lectotype S-R-5082!, here designated, isolectotypes H n.v., S-R-5088!/- 06-1634!/-13-7924!).

Distribution and habitat: —Southeastern Brazil, on wet open rocks, in crevices, or on steep rock faces at 700–1200 m.