Cyathea howeana Domin (1929: 264)

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

6. Cyathea howeana Domin (1929: 264) , nom. nov. for Hemitelia moorei Baker (1872: 252) , not Cyathea moorei Baker (1874: 453) . Type:— AUSTRALIA. Lord Howe Island: Moore 4, 12, 25, 68 (syntypes K)

Distribution and habitat: — Australia, Lord Howe Island.

Remarks: —The petioles are bright green and lack linear lenticels. The frond scars on the trunk are conspicuously round, like in C. cicatricosa ( Fig. 1 ) and C. stokesii .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Trunk morphology. A. Cyathea croftii, Prov. West Papua, Indonesia (© Marcus Lehnert). B–C. Cyathea epaleata, Moorea, Tahiti (© Joel Nitta); B. Detail of trunk apex; C. Detail of lateral bud. D. Cyathea howeana, cultivated in Perth, Australia (© Neville Crawford). E. Cyathea arnecornelii, showing new flush of fronds, Prov. La Paz, Bolivia (© Marcus Lehnert). F. Cyathea vilhelmii, showing pale, spreading scales on trunk apex and petioles, Prov. Zamora- Chinchipe, Ecuador (© Marcus Lehnert). G. Cyathea cicatricosa, type plant, New Caledonia (reproduced from Holttum & Edwards 1982, © Kew Publishing). H. Cyathea moranii, Prov. Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (© Marcus Lehnert). J. Cyathea xenoxyla, showing strong similarity with A. and B., Prov. Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (© Marcus Lehnert).