Cyathea albomarginata
| Cyathea albomarginata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pteridophyta |
| Class: | Pteridopsida |
| Order: | Cyatheales |
| Family: | Cyatheaceae |
| Genus: | Cyathea |
| Subgenus: | Cyathea |
| Section: | Cyathea |
| Species: | C. albomarginata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyathea albomarginata R.C. Moran | |
Cyathea albomarginata is a species of tree fern native to Panamá and Costa Rica. It grows in wet forests at elevations of 2400-2800 m, considerably higher than most other tree ferns of Central America. The epithet "albomarginata" means "white-margined," referring the coloration of the petiole scales, unique among known species of the genus.[1]
Cyathea albomarginata is a small tree with a trunk up to 50 cm tall. Petiole purplish-brown with white margins, scaly but not spiny; scales (= modified appendages attached to the margins of the petioles) bicolored, dark purple in the center but white along the margins; dead scales appearing totally white. Leaves bipinnate; pinnulae 10-12 cm long.[1][2][3][4]
References
- 1 2 Moran, R. C. 1991. Eight new species of tree ferns (Cyathea, Cyatheaceae) from the American tropics and three new combinations. Novon 1(2): 88–104.
- ↑ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & S. Knapp. 1995. Psilotaceae a Salviniaceae. 1: i–xxi, 1–470. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.
- ↑ Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.
- ↑ photo of holotype of Cyathea albomarginata at Missouri Botanical Garden
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