Biology:Cyathea podophylla

Cyathea podophylla
Illustration of Cyathea podophylla from A Second Century of Ferns.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Pteridopsida
Order:	Cyatheales
Family:	Cyatheaceae
Genus:	Cyathea
Subgenus:	Cyathea
Section:	Alsophila
Species:	C. podophylla
Binomial name
Cyathea podophylla (W. J. Hooker) Copeland, 1909
Synonyms
Alsophila podophylla W. J. Hooker, 1857 (non Alsophila podophylla Baker, 1881; quae Cyathea kalbreyeri) Cyathea bonii Christ, 1890

Cyathea podophylla is a widespread species of tree fern native to southern China , Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and the Ryukyu Islands. It grows in forest by streams and in ravines at an altitude of 600–1000 m.

References

• Braggins, John E. & Large, Mark F. 2004. Tree Ferns. Timber Press, Inc., p. 243. ISBN:0-88192-630-2
• The International Plant Names Index: Cyathea podophylla

Wikidata ☰ Q5197619 entry