Cyathea corcovadensis

Tags: Fern.

Cyathea corcovadensis is a species of tree fern native to Paraguay and Serra do Mar in southern Brazil where it grows in primary and secondary forest as well as scrub at an altitude of 250-2100 m. The erect trunk is short usually about 30–60 cm tall. Fronds are bipinnate and 2.5 m or more in length. The rachis ranges in colour from brown to purplish and is covered with warts and scattered brown scales.

class

Leptosporangiate fern

division

Pteridophyte

family

Cyatheaceae

genus

Cyathea subg. Cyathea, Cyathea

kingdom

Plant

order

Cyatheales

synonym

*Alsophila glaziovii (Baker (non Alsophila glaziovii Fée 1869; quae Cyathea glaziovii), *Alsophila feeana (C. Christensen 1905), *Alsophila sternbergii (Sternb.) D.S.Conant), *Cyathea feeana (C. Christensen) Domin 1929), *Polypodium corcovadense (Raddi 1819), *Polypodium taenitis (Roth 1821), *Alsophila corcovadensis (Raddi) C. Christensen 1905), *Cyathea sternbergii (Domin 1929 (non Cyathea sternbergii Pohl 1820; quae = Cyathea arborea), *Trichipteris feeana (C. Christensen) Copeland 1947), *Alsophila elegans (Martius 1834 (non Cyathea elegans Heward 1838; quae = Cyathea grevilleana)