Biology:Alsophila cucullifera
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Short description: Species of fern
| Alsophila cucullifera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Cyatheales |
| Family: | Cyatheaceae |
| Genus: | Alsophila |
| Species: | A. cucullifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Alsophila cucullifera (Holttum) R.M.Tryon[1]
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Alsophila cucullifera, synonym Cyathea cucullifera,[1] is a species of tree fern native to eastern New Guinea, where it grows in montane forest at an altitude of about 2400 m. The trunk is erect and 2–3 m tall. Fronds are bi- or tripinnate and 2–3 m long. Characteristically of this species, they occur in two whorls of four to six fronds each. The stipe is warty and covered with scales. The scales are dark, glossy, have a narrow paler margin and are large towards the base. Sori occur near the fertile pinnule midvein and are covered by thin, pale brown indusia that are scale-like in appearance.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hassler, Michael; Schmitt, Bernd (June 2019), "Alsophila cucullifera", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8, https://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/, retrieved 2019-09-13
- ↑ Large, Mark F.; Braggins, John E. (2004), Tree Ferns, Timber Press, p. 118, ISBN 978-0-88192-630-9, https://archive.org/details/treeferns00mark/page/118
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