Cyathea podophylla

Cyathea podophylla
Illustration of Cyathea podophylla from
A Second Century of Ferns.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Cyatheales
Family: Cyatheaceae
Genus: Cyathea
Subgenus: Cyathea
Section: Alsophila
Species: C. podophylla
Binomial name
Cyathea podophylla
(W. J. Hooker) Copeland, 1909
Synonyms
  • Alsophila podophylla W. J. Hooker, 1857 (non Alsophila podophylla Baker, 1881; quae Cyathea kalbreyeri)
  • Cyathea bonii Christ, 1890

Cyathea podophylla is a widespread species of tree fern native to southern China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and the Ryukyu Islands. It grows in forest by streams and in ravines at an altitude of 600-1000 m.

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