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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Cyatheales |
Family: | Cyatheaceae |
Genus: | Alsophila |
Species: | A. ferdinandii
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Binomial name | |
Alsophila ferdinandii R.M.Tryon
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Alsophila ferdinandii, synonym Cyathea macarthurii, is a fern in the family Cyatheaceae. [1]
The plant is a treefern with a trunk up to 4 m in height, either shaggy with dark frond bases, or clear with round scars. The fronds, growing to 50 cm, have prickly stipes covered with a light brown, woolly indumentum. [2]
The fern is endemic to Australia’s subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. The commonest tree fern on the island, it is widespread from the lowlands to the mountains. [2]
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Alsophila ferdinandii | |
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![]() | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Cyatheales |
Family: | Cyatheaceae |
Genus: | Alsophila |
Species: | A. ferdinandii
|
Binomial name | |
Alsophila ferdinandii R.M.Tryon
[1]
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Alsophila ferdinandii, synonym Cyathea macarthurii, is a fern in the family Cyatheaceae. [1]
The plant is a treefern with a trunk up to 4 m in height, either shaggy with dark frond bases, or clear with round scars. The fronds, growing to 50 cm, have prickly stipes covered with a light brown, woolly indumentum. [2]
The fern is endemic to Australia’s subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. The commonest tree fern on the island, it is widespread from the lowlands to the mountains. [2]
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cite web}}
: CS1 maint: postscript (
link)