Cyathea humilis

Tags: Fern.

Cyathea humilis is a species of tree fern native to Kenya as well as the Usambara and Uluguru Mountains in Tanzania where it grows in wet forest at an altitude of 1100-2000 m. The trunk of this plant is erect and 2-3 m tall. Fronds are pinnate and 1-2 m in length. Dead fronds are often retained in the typical variety (C. h. var. humilis) forming an irregular skirt around the trunk. The rachis and stipe are light brown in colouration. Scales are present towards the base of the stipe.

class

Leptosporangiate fern

division

Pteridophyte

family

Cyatheaceae

genus

Cyathea subg. Cyathea, Cyathea

kingdom

Plant

order

Cyatheales

synonym

*?Cyathea usambarensis (Hieronymus in Engler & Prantl 1895), *Cyathea opizii (Domin 1929), *Cyathea usambarensis (Domin 1929), *Cyathea stuhlmannii (Hieronymus in Engler & Prantl 1899), *Alsophila stuhlmannii (Hieronymus in Engler & Prantl) Tryon 1970), *Cyathea ulugurensis (Hieronymus in Engler & Prantl 1899), *Alsophila holstii (Hieronymus in Engler & Prantl 1895 (non Cyathea holstii Hieronymus 1895; quae Cyathea mossambicensis), *Cyathea uluguruensis (Hieronymus in Engler & Prantl) J. E. Braggins & M. F. Large orth. var. 2004)