Cyathea microdonta (Desv.) Domin, Pteridophyta
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.334.2.2 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BFE94F-1E06-B713-D7B7-FD95FEBD4CBB |
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Felipe |
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Cyathea microdonta (Desv.) Domin, Pteridophyta |
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Cyathea microdonta (Desv.) Domin, Pteridophyta View in CoL 263. 1929.
= Trichipteris microdonta (Desv.) R.M.Tryon, Contr. Gray Herb. 200: 46. 1970.
Range: — Mexico to Trinidad, Cuba, Colombia to the Guianas, Ecuador to Bolivia (BE, CO, LP, SC), and Brazil.
Ecology: —Uncommon in lowland vegetation, avoiding deep shade, usually along water courses including road ditches and swamps; 220–750 m.
Notes: —Without doubt the most widespread tree fern in the Neotropics due to its adapation to an azonal vegetation type. Cyathea microdonta can become fertile at a small size and often produces suckers at the base of the trunk. Besides its unique long needle-like prickles on the costae, the species is not very distinctive in its morphology, and smaller plants may be mistaken for the weedy fern Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaudich.) Ching ( Thelypteridaceae ) ( Smith & Kessler 2017).
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