Cyathea arborea

Cyathea arborea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyatheales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Cyatheales

Familia: Cyatheaceae
Genus: Cyathea
Species: Cyathea arborea

Name

Cyathea arborea (L.) Sm., 1793

Synonyms

• Cormophyllum arboreum (L.) Newm.
• Cyathea guadelupensis Spreng.
• Cyathea serra Willd.
• Disphenia arborea (L.) C. Presl
• Hemitelia arborea (L.) Fée
• Hemitelia serra (Willd.) Desv.
• Nephelea arborea (L.) Sehnem
• Polypodium arboreum L.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Virgin Isl. (St. Thomas, St. John, Tortola), Barbados, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, Barbados Regional: Northern South America Venezuela, N-Colombia (La Guajira) Regional: Western South America Ecuador References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Smith, J.E. 1793. Tentamen botanicum. De filicum generibus dorsiferarum. Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 5: 401–422, pl. IX. BHL Reference page. : 5:417.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Cyathea arborea – World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World . In: Roskov Y., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J. & Penev L. (eds.) 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jan 08.
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cyathea arborea. Published online. Accessed: Jan 08 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cyathea arborea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 08. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Cyathea arborea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Jan 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cyathea arborea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: West Indian tree fern

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