| Alsophila fulgens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Cyatheales |
| Family: | Cyatheaceae |
| Genus: | Alsophila |
| Species: | A. fulgens |
| Binomial name | |
| Alsophila fulgens (C.Chr.) D.S.Conant [1] | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Alsophila fulgens, synonym Cyathea fulgens, [1] is a species of tree fern endemic to the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola. [2] It forms part of the complex centered on Alsophila woodwardioides comprising six very similar taxa from the Greater Antilles. The other five species are Alsophila jimeneziana (syn. Cyathea crassa), Alsophila grevilleana , Alsophila portoricensis and Alsophila tussacii . Large and Braggins (2004) note that this group is known to cross with members of the Alsophila minor complex. In the wild, A. fulgens also forms hybrids with Alsophila brooksii . [3]
