Cyathea propinqua is a species of tree fern native to Fiji and possibly Samoa where it grows in wet forest. The trunk of this plant is erect and slender growing to 10 m in height. Fronds may be bi- or tripinnate and 2-3 m long. Dull brown scales cover the dull dark stipe of this species. The scales are minute along most of its length becoming thick and fleshy towards the base. Sori are borne halfway between the pinnule midvein and the edge of the lobe. Indusia are present.
*Sphaeropteris propinqua (Mettenius) Tryon 1970), *Cyathea affinis (Brackenridge 1854 (non Cyathea affinis (J. R. Forster) Swartz 1801 non Cyathea affinis M. Martens & Galeotti 1842 (cannot be attributed to any species) non Cyathea affinis W. J. Hooker & Baker 1874; quae Cyathea medullaris)
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