Biology:Sphaeropteris lepifera

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Short description: Species of fern

Sphaeropteris lepifera
Cyathea lepifera 2.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Cyatheales
Family: Cyatheaceae
Genus: Sphaeropteris
Species:
S. lepifera
Binomial name
Sphaeropteris lepifera
(J.Sm. ex Hooker.) R.M.Tryon
Synonyms
  • Cyathea umbrosa Cyathea pustulosa
  • Cyathea calocoma Alsophila calocoma
  • Christ J.Sm. ex Hook.
  • Copel. Copel.
  • Cyathea lepifera Alsophila pustulosa
  • (J.Sm. ex Hook.) Copel. Copel.
  • Alsophila lepifera Christ
  • Copel. Cyathea pteridioides

Sphaeropteris lepifera, synonym Cyathea lepifera, the brush pot tree (Chinese: 筆筒樹; pinyin: bǐtǒng shù), is a tree fern that grows in the mountains of East and Southeast Asia, which can grow up to 20 feet (6.1 m) tall.[1] The plant has existed for over 300 million years and is considered a living fossil.[citation needed]

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