Cyathea holdridgeana | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Cyatheales |
Family: | Cyatheaceae |
Genus: | Cyathea |
Species: | C. holdridgeana
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Binomial name | |
Cyathea holdridgeana Nisman & L.D.Gómez
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Cyathea holdridgeana, synonym Cyathea albomarginata, is a species of tree fern native to Panamá and Costa Rica. [1] It grows in wet forests at elevations of 2400–2800 m, considerably higher than most other tree ferns of Central America.
Cyathea holdridgeana is a small tree with a trunk up to 50 cm tall. Petiole purplish-brown with white margins, scaly but not spiny; scales (= modified appendages attached to the margins of the petioles) bicolored, dark purple in the center but white along the margins; dead scales appearing totally white. Leaves bipinnate; pinnulae 10–12 cm long [2] [3] [4] [5]
Cyathea holdridgeana | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Cyatheales |
Family: | Cyatheaceae |
Genus: | Cyathea |
Species: | C. holdridgeana
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Binomial name | |
Cyathea holdridgeana Nisman & L.D.Gómez
[1]
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Cyathea holdridgeana, synonym Cyathea albomarginata, is a species of tree fern native to Panamá and Costa Rica. [1] It grows in wet forests at elevations of 2400–2800 m, considerably higher than most other tree ferns of Central America.
Cyathea holdridgeana is a small tree with a trunk up to 50 cm tall. Petiole purplish-brown with white margins, scaly but not spiny; scales (= modified appendages attached to the margins of the petioles) bicolored, dark purple in the center but white along the margins; dead scales appearing totally white. Leaves bipinnate; pinnulae 10–12 cm long [2] [3] [4] [5]