Cyathea villosa Willdenow (1810: 495)

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 : 46

67. Cyathea villosa Willdenow (1810: 495) . Chnoophora humboldtii Kaulfuss (1824: 25) , nom. superfl. Alsophila villosa (Willd.) Desvaux (1827: 319) . Chnoophora villosa (Willd.) Link (1833: 35) . Trichipteris villosa (Willd.) Tryon (1970: 46) . Type:— VENEZUELA. “America meridionale, ad St. Crucem & ad Caracas (Sucre, Venezuela),” A. v. Humboldt 436 (holotype B! [Herb. Willdenow No. 20175-2]-photo GH, isotypes P-00642301!/-00669209!).

Alsophila rigidula Martius (1834: 74) . Type:— BRAZIL. São Paulo: “Crescit in sylvis provinciae S.Pauli”, without date, C.F.P. Martius s.n. (holotype M!).

Alsophila vernicosa Kuhn (1869: 155) . Cyathea vernicosa (Kuhn) Domin (1929a: 263) . Trichipteris vernicosa (Kuhn) Tryon (1970: 46) . Type:— VENEZUELA. Aragua: “prope Colonia Tovar,” 1858, A. Fendler 344 (lectotype B-20-0000342, here designated, isolectotypes GH-00020450!, K-000641004!/-000641005!, NY-148810! [fragment of K], MO-255856!, YU-000670!).

Alsophila cipoensis Sehnem (1978: 96) . Type:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Mun. Jaboticatuba, Serra do Cipo, 5 August 1972, G. Hatschbach 29880 (holotype PACA n.v., isotypes UC-1492350!, UPCB n.v.).

Distribution and habitat: — Venezuela, Brazil and Bolivia at 850–1550(–1800) m.