Gymnosphaera Blume

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, DR Congo, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Eswatini, Fiji, Guatemala, Hainan, Honduras, India, Japan, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, Zimbabwe

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Dong, S.Y. & Zuo, Z.Y. (2018). On the Recognition of Gymnosphaera As a Distinct Genus in Cyatheaceae. Annals from the Missouri Botanical Garden 103: 1-23. MBG press.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

• Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Cyathea.]