Cyathea bipinnatifida (Baker) Domin, Pteridophyta

Lehnert, Marcus & Kessler, Michael, 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XX. Cyatheaceae, Phytotaxa 334 (2), pp. 118-134 : 125

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.334.2.2

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scientific name

Cyathea bipinnatifida (Baker) Domin, Pteridophyta
status

 

Cyathea bipinnatifida (Baker) Domin, Pteridophyta View in CoL 262. 1929.

= Trichipteris pubescens (Baker) R.M.Tryon, Contr. Gray Herb. 200: 46. 1970.

Range:— Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia (CO, LP).

Ecology: —Common in humid montane forest, flourishing only in the understory; 1200–2300 m.

Notes: —The most common pinnate-pinnatifid species with erect trunk, often abundant in the understory of closed forests from Bolivia to Ecuador, less common in the rest of its range. This species can respond quickly to increased sun exposure with reduced lamina size and denser hairs (pers. observation).

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Cyatheales

Family

Cyatheaceae

Genus

Cyathea

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Cyatheales

Family

Cyatheaceae

Genus

Trichipteris

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