Cyathea chinensis

Cyathea chinensis is a species of tree fern native to Yunnan in China, Sikkim in India, as well as Nepal, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam. Plants grow in forest and montane forest at an altitude of 900–1800 m. The trunk is erect and 1–2 m tall. Fronds are bipinnate and 1–2 m long. The stipe is either long and warty or has short spines towards the base as well as scattered glossy dark brown scales with fragile edges. Sori occur near the midvein of fertile pinnules and are covered by thin indusia.

Cyathea chinensis
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C. chinensis
Binomial name
Cyathea chinensis
Copeland, 1909
Synonyms
  • Alsophila costularis Baker, 1906
  • Cyathea yunnanensis Domin, 1930

References

  • Braggins, John E. & Large, Mark F. 2004. Tree Ferns. Timber Press, Inc., p. 112. ISBN 0-88192-630-2
  • The International Plant Names Index: Cyathea chinensis


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