Sphaeropteris truncata

Sphaeropteris truncata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cyatheaceae
Genus: Sphaeropteris
Species: Sphaeropteris tomentosissima

Name

Sphaeropteris tomentosissima (Brack.) R.M.Tryon, 1970

Synonyms

• Alsophila truncata Brack.
• Cyathea truncata (Brack.) Copel.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Pacific Fiji (Viti Levu, Ovalau, Taveuni), Western Samoa (Savaii, Upolu), American Samoa (Tutuila), Solomon Isl. (Guadalcanal, Kolombangara, New Georgia) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Tryon, R.M., 1970. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 200: 25.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Sphaeropteris truncata – 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 10.
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Sphaeropteris truncata. Published online. Accessed: Jan 10 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Sphaeropteris truncata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 10. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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