Cyathea arborea

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Cyatheales 

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

Familia: Cyatheaceae
Genus: Cyathea
Species: Cyathea arborea

Name edit

Cyathea arborea (L.) Sm., 1793

Synonyms edit

  • 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 edit

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

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Vernacular names edit

English: West Indian tree fern
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