Cyathea brunnescens (Barrington) Moran (1991: 101)

Lehnert, Marcus, 2016, A synopsis of the exindusiate species of Cyathea (Cyatheaceae-Polypodiopsida) with bipinnate-pinnatifid or more complex fronds, with a revision of the C. lasiosora complex, Phytotaxa 243 (1), pp. 1-53 : 33

33. Cyathea brunnescens (Barrington) Moran (1991: 101) . Trichipteris nigripes ( Christensen 1905: 45) Barrington (1976: 4) var. brunnescens Barrington (1976: 4) . Cyathea nigripes (C.Chr.) Domin (1929a: 263) var. brunnescens Lellinger (1987 [1988]: 101). Type:— COLOMBIA. Valle: Río Yurimagui, Veneral, 5–50 m, 1944, J. Cuatrecasas 16155-C (holotype US-00066265–00066268!, isotype GH-00022189!).

Distribution and habitat: — Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador, in wet lowland and premontane forests at ca. 50–1000 m.