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Cyathea alderwereltii is a species of tree fern endemic to Mount Sago in central Sumatra where it is nevertheless abundant and grows in forest at an altitude of 1000-1500 m. It has an erect trunch which may be 4 m tall or more. Fronds are bi- or tripinnate and 1-2 m long. The stipe of this species is spiny at the base and covered with scattered scales that are dark brown glossy and have a narrow paler margin.

class
Leptosporangiate fern
division
Pteridophyte
family
Cyatheaceae
genus
Cyathea subg. Cyathea, Cyathea
kingdom
Plant
order
Cyatheales
synonym
* Cyathea spinifera (Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh) Domin 1930), * Alsophila alderwereltii (Copeland) Tryon 1970), * Cyathea horridipes (Domin 1929), * Hemitelia sumatrana (Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh), * Alsophila spinifera (Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh 1922)

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