Cyathea × marcescens commonly known as the Skirted Tree Fern is a tree fern endemic to the Cape Otway ranges in Victoria and Tasmania Australia. It is a natural hybrid apparently Cyathea australis × Cyathea cunninghamii. Braggins and Large (2004) note that it has characteristics midway between these two species. The spores of C. × marcescens are usually malformed although sterile. The trunk of this plant is erect and up to 10 m tall. Fronds may be bi- or tripinnate and 3–4 m in length.
* Cyathea marcescens (N. A. Wakefield 1942), * Alsophila × marcescens (N. A. Wakefield) Tryon 1970), * Alsophila marcescens (N. A. Wakefield) Tryon 1970)
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