Cyatheaceae

Alsophila R.Br.

First published in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 158 (1810)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chatham Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Kermadec Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Marquesas, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Thailand, Tibet, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Ireland, Marianas

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balkrishna, A., Joshi, B., Sribastava, A., Shankar, R. & Shukla, B.K. (2019). Classification of extant Pteridophytes: a new approach. Indian Fern Journal 36: 311-341.
  • Christenhusz, M.J.M., Fay, M.F. & Chase, M.W. (2017). Plants of the World. An illustrated encyclopedia of vascular plants: 1-792. Kew Publishing, The university of Chicago 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.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2017 Sands, M.J.S.; Pattison, G.A.; Wood, J.J. [2380] Papua New Guinea K000855159 No
Jan 1, 2017 Croft, J.R. [161] Papua New Guinea K000855146 No
Jan 1, 2017 Sands, M.J.S.; Pattison, G.A.; Wood, J.J. [2380] Papua New Guinea K000855161 No
Jan 1, 2017 Cheesman, L.E. [142] Papua New Guinea K000855166 No
Jan 1, 2017 Womersley, J.S.; Thorne, R.F. [NGF12835] Papua New Guinea K000853143 No
Jan 1, 2017 Sands, M.J.S.; Pattison, G.A.; Wood, J.J. [2380] Papua New Guinea K000855160 No
Jan 1, 2017 Cheesman, L.E. [142] Papua New Guinea K000855163 No
Jan 1, 2017 Croft, J.R. [161] Papua New Guinea K001273481 No
Jan 1, 2017 Croft, J.R. [161] Papua New Guinea K000855145 No
Jan 1, 2017 Cheesman, L.E. [142] Papua New Guinea K000855167 No
Jan 1, 2017 Widjaja, E.A. [4387] Indonesia K000853452 No
Jan 1, 2017 Cheesman, L.E. [142] Papua New Guinea K000855164 No
Jan 1, 2017 Widjaja, E.A. [4387] Indonesia K000516080 No
Jan 1, 2017 Cheesman, L.E. [142] Papua New Guinea K000855165 No
Jan 1, 2017 Hartmann, C.H. [20] Papua New Guinea K000853180 No
Jan 1, 2017 Cheesman, L.E. [142] Papua New Guinea K000855168 No
Jan 1, 2017 Widjaja, E.A. [4387] Indonesia K000853451 No
Acevedo-Rodriguez, P. [13165] Dominican Republic K001382188 No
Werckle, C. [s.n.] Costa Rica K000894772 Type Yes

Sources

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