Cyathea elmeri

Tags: Fern.

Cyathea elmeri is a species of tree fern native to the Philippines Talaud Islands and northern Sulawesi where it grows in forest at an altitude of 500-1400 m. The trunk of this plant is erect and 5-10 m tall. Fronds may be bi- or tripinnate and up to 2 m or more in length. The lower surface of the rachis is distinctively pale and warty. The stipe is covered with scales and has warts towards the base. The scales are large tapering thin and medium brown in colouration.

class

Leptosporangiate fern

division

Pteridophyte

family

Cyatheaceae

genus

Cyathea sect. Sphaeropteris, Cyathea

kingdom

Plant

order

Cyatheales

synonym

*Alsophila christii (Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh 1909 (non Alsophila christii (Sodiro 1893) Sodiro 1908; quae Cyathea decora), *Alsophila elmeri (Copeland 1908), *Alsophila subcomosa (C. Christensen 1913), *Cyathea dimorphotricha (Copeland in Elmer 1913), *Sphaeropteris elmeri (Copeland) Tryon 1970), *Alsophila fenicis (Posthumus 1942 (non Alsophila fenicis (Copeland) C. Christensen 1913; quae Cyathea fenicis), *Cyathea subcomosa (C. Christensen) Domin 1929 (republ. 1930), *Alsophila comosa (C. Christensen 1897 (non Alsophila comosa Wallich 1829; quae Cyathea squamulata non Alsophila comosa Scott 1874; quae Cyathea khasyana)