Sphaeropteris lunulata

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Sphaeropteris lunulata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Cyatheales
Family: Cyatheaceae
Genus: Sphaeropteris
Species:
S. lunulata
Binomial name
Sphaeropteris lunulata
(G.Forst.) R.M.Tryon [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Alsophila gazellaeKuhn
  • Alsophila haenkeiC.Presl
  • Alsophila lunulata(G.Forst.) R.Br.
  • Alsophila mariannaGaudich.
  • Alsophila naumanniiKuhn
  • Alsophila ponapeanaHosok.
  • Alsophila rugosula(Copel.) C.Chr.
  • Alsophila vitiensisCarruth.
  • Cyathea extensaSw.
  • Cyathea haenkeiMerr.
  • Cyathea lunulata(G.Forst.) Copel.
  • Cyathea mariannaGaudich.
  • Cyathea naumanniiDomin
  • Cyathea ponapeana(Hosok.) Glassman
  • Cyathea rugosulaCopel.
  • Cyathea vitiensisCopel.
  • Cyathea vitiensisDomin
  • Hemitelia cumingiiTrevis.
  • Phegopteris lunulata(G.Forst.) Fée
  • Polypodium lunulatumG.Forst.

Sphaeropteris lunulata is a species of tree fern in the family Cyatheaceae, native from Sulawesi in Malesia and the Bismarck Archipelago in Papuasia to the western Pacific. [1] [2] It was first described by Georg Forster in 1786 as Polypodium lunulatum and transferred to Sphaeropteris by Rolla Tryon in 1970. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sphaeropteris lunulata (G.Forst.) R.M.Tryon", Plants of the World Online , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2021-07-31
  2. ↑ Hassler, Michael (2004–2021), "Genus Sphaeropteris Bernh.", World Ferns. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 12.3, retrieved 2021-07-31
  3. ↑ Tryon, Rolla M. (1970), "The Classification of the Cyatheaceae", Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, 200: 22, retrieved 2021-07-31


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