Gymnosphaera podophylla

Gymnosphaera podophylla, synonyms Alsophila podophylla and Cyathea podophylla, is a widespread species of tree fern native to southern China, Hainan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, the Ryukyu Islands, and Japan. It grows in forest by streams and in ravines at elevations of 600–1000 m.[2]

Gymnosphaera podophylla
Illustration from A Second Century of Ferns
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Cyatheales
Family: Cyatheaceae
Genus: Gymnosphaera
Species:
G. podophylla
Binomial name
Gymnosphaera podophylla
(Hook.) Copel. (1947)
Synonyms[1]
  • Alsophila kohchangensis C.Chr. (1916)
  • Alsophila podophylla Hook. (1857)
  • Alsophila rheosora Baker (1890)
  • Cyathea kohchangensis Domin (1929)
  • Cyathea podophylla (Hook.) Copel. (1909)
  • Cyathea rheosora Copel. (1909)
  • Dryopteris subconjuncta Christ (1910)

References

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  1. ^ Gymnosphaera podophylla (Hook.) Copel. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  2. ^ Large, Mark F. & Braggins, John E. (2004). Tree Ferns. Timber Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-88192-630-9.