Alsophila dregei

Alsophila dregei

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cyatheaceae
Genus: Alsophila
Species: Alsophila dregei

Name

Alsophila dregei (Kunze) R.M.Tryon, Contr. Gray Herb. 200: 30 (1970).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cyathea dregei Kunze, Linnaea 10: 551 (1836).
• Heterotypic
  • Alsophila baronii Baker, J. Linn. Soc. 21: 455 (1885).
    • Cyathea baronii (Baker) Domin, Pteridophyta: 262 (1929).
  • Cyathea polyphlebia Baker, J. Linn. Soc. 20: 303 (1883).
    • Cyathea dregei var. polyphlebia (Baker) C.Chr., Cat. Pl. Madag., Pterid. 21 (1932).
    • Alsophila dregei var. polyphlebia (Baker) Benl, Acta Bot. Barcinon. 31: 29 (1978)
  • Cyathea segregata Baker, J. Linn. Soc. 20: 303 (1883).
    • Cyathea dregei var. segregata (Baker) C.Chr., Cat. Pl. Madag., Pterid. 21 (1932).
    • Alsophila dregei var. segregata (Baker) Benl, Acta Bot. Barcinon. 31: 29 (1978)
  • Cyathea angolensis Welw., Apont. in. Ann. Cons. Ultram. 358 (1858).
  • Cyathea burkei Hook., Sp. Fil. 1: 23 (1844).
  • Cyathea flavovirens Kuhn ex Diels, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1(4): 127 (1899).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Gulf of Guinea Islands (Bioko), Rwanda, Zaïre. Regional: East Tropical Africa Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces (Eastern Cape, Western Cape), Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces (Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Northern Province, North-West Province). Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Tryon, R.M. 1970. The classification of the Cyatheaceae. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 200: 3–53. JSTOR BHL Reference page. : 29.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Alsophila dregei – 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 09.
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Alsophila dregei. Published online. Accessed: Jan 09 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Alsophila dregei in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 09. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Alsophila dregei. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Jan 2020.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Boomvaring
English: Tree fern, Common Tree Fern
isiXhosa: isiHihi
isiZulu: isiKhomakhoma, umPhanga

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