Biology:Alsophila cincinnata

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Short description: Species of fern

Alsophila cincinnata
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Cyatheales
Family: Cyatheaceae
Genus: Alsophila
Species:
A. cincinnata
Binomial name
Alsophila cincinnata
(Brause) R.M.Tryon[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyathea cincinnata Brause

Alsophila cincinnata, synonym Cyathea cincinnata,[1] is a species of tree fern native to eastern New Guinea, where it grows at an altitude of 1300 m or higher. It is known only from a few collections in the Sepik region (East Sepik and West Sepik). The trunk is erect and short. Fronds are bi- or tripinnate and 1–1.5 m long. The stipe bears many glossy brown scales that have a distinctive black central band and dull edges. Sori are round, occur near the fertile pinnule midvein. They are covered by firm, brown indusia that are cup-like in appearance.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hassler, Michael; Schmitt, Bernd (June 2019), "Alsophila cincinnata", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8, https://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/, retrieved 2019-08-31 
  2. Large, Mark F.; Braggins, John E. (2004), Tree Ferns, Timber Press, p. 113, ISBN 978-0-88192-630-9, https://archive.org/details/treeferns00mark/page/113 

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