Cyathea serpens (R.M.Tryon) Lehnert (2009: 50)

Lehnert, Marcus, 2011, Species of Cyathea in America related to the western Pacific species C. decurrens, Phytotaxa 26, pp. 39-59 : 47

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.26.1.6
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scientific name	Cyathea serpens (R.M.Tryon) Lehnert (2009: 50)
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14. Cyathea serpens (R.M.Tryon) Lehnert (2009: 50) View in CoL . Trichipteris serpens Tryon (1989: 126) . Type:— PERU. Cuzco: Prov. La Convención, Cordillera Vilcabamba, 73º32'S, 12º37'W, 2900 m, 10 July 1968, Dudley 10949 (holotype NA n.v., isotype GH).

Distribution and habitat: — Peru, in shrubby paramo and elfin forests at 2450–2800 m, trailing over adjacent vegetation and hanging from ledges and road cuts, in open sun.

Remarks: — Cyathea serpens is similar to trunkless plants of the exindusiate C. frigida (H.Karst.) Domin (1929: 263) .