Biology:Alsophila nigrolineata

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Short description: Species of fern

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

Alsophila nigrolineata, synonym Cyathea nigrolineata,[1] is a species of tree fern in the family Cyatheaceae. Its trunk is approximately 10 meters tall. It has fronds that are 2 to 3 meters in length and bi- or tripinnate. The fronds are placed in groups of 5 to 8 per whorl. The stipe is scaly. It occurs in Eastern New Guinea forests at about 2000 meters.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hassler, Michael; Schmitt, Bernd (June 2019), "Alsophila nigrolineata", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8, https://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/, retrieved 2019-08-21 
  2. Large, Mark F.; Braggins, John E. (2004), Tree Ferns, Timber Press, p. 231, ISBN 978-0-88192-630-9, https://archive.org/details/treeferns00mark/page/231 

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