Cyathea decurrens (Hook.) Copeland (1929: 356)

Lehnert, Marcus, 2011, Species of Cyathea in America related to the western Pacific species C. decurrens, Phytotaxa 26, pp. 39-59 : 44

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.26.1.6
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scientific name	Cyathea decurrens (Hook.) Copeland (1929: 356)
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4. Cyathea decurrens (Hook.) Copeland (1929: 356) View in CoL . Alsophila decurrens Hooker (1844: 51) . Type:— without locality, Nightingale s.n. ( holotype K).

Alsophila subbullata Copeland (1939: 79) . Type :— FIJI. St. John 18304 ( holotype K, isotypes MICH n.v.,

NSW n.v., UC).

Distribution and habitat: —New Ireland, Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, Fiji, Samoa, Cook Islands, in understory of moist montane forest at 500–1000 m.

Remarks: — Holttum (1964) recognized Cyathea decurrens var. vaupelii (Brause) Domin (1930: 110) from Samoa, which is only distinct by being larger than the average.