Biology:Alsophila metteniana
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Cyatheales |
| Family: | Cyatheaceae |
| Genus: | Alsophila |
| Species: | A. metteniana
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| Alsophila metteniana Hance[1]
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Alsophila metteniana, synonym Cyathea metteniana,[1] is a species of tree fern native to the Ryukyu Islands, Japan , and Taiwan, where it grows in wet forest, forest margins, and on hillsides. The trunk of this plant is erect, up to 1 m tall, and 6–10 cm in diameter. C. metteniana has tripinnate fronds that are 1–2.5 m long. The stipe is brown to purple-black in colouration. It is covered in long, broad-based scales that are usually bicoloured (glossy brown with a paler margin). Sori are round, lack indusia, and occur in two rows, one on either side of the pinnule midvein.[2]
The specific epithet metteniana commemorates pteridologist Georg Heinrich Mettenius (1823-1866), who named several Cyathea species.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hassler, Michael; Schmitt, Bernd (June 2019), "Alsophila metteniana", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8, https://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/, retrieved 2019-08-21
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Large, Mark F.; Braggins, John E. (2004), Tree Ferns, Timber Press, p. 223, ISBN 978-0-88192-630-9, https://archive.org/details/treeferns00mark/page/223
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