Cyathea

Tags: Fern.

Cyathea is a genus of tree ferns the type genus of the fern order Cyatheales. They are mostly terrestrial ferns usually with a single tall stem. Rarely the trunk may be branched or creeping. Many species also develop a fibrous mass of roots at the base of the trunk. The genus has a pantropical distribution with over 470 species.

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class

Leptosporangiate fern

division

Pteridophyte

family

Cyatheaceae

kingdom

Plant

order

Cyatheales

synonym

* Acanthea (Lindig 1861), * Alsophila (R. Brown 1810), * Amphicosmia (Gardner 1842), * Chlamydia (Moore 1857), * Chnoophora (Kaulfuss 1824), * Cormiophyllum (Newman 1856), * Cyatheopsis (Karsten 1858), * Dichorexia (Presl 1847), * Dicranophlebia (Martius 1834), * Disphenia (Presl 1836), * Eatoniopteris (Bommer 1873), * Eleutheria (Kunze 1844), * Fourniera (Bommer 1873), * Gymnopremnon (Lindig 1861), * Gymnosphaera (Blume 1828), * Halophlebia (Martius 1834), * Hymenophyllopsis (Goebel 1929), * Nephelea (Tryon 1970), * Notocarpia (Presl 1836), * Notophoria (Presl 1848), * Sarcopholis, * Schizocaena (J. E. Smith 1838), * Schizocaena (W. J. Hooker 1838), * Sclephropteris (P. G. Windisch), * Sphaeropteris (Bernhardi 1801), * Thysanobotrya (Alderwerelt 1918), * Trachypremnon (Lindig 1861), * Trichipteris (Presl 1822), * Trichopteris (Spreng. orth. var.)