Cyathea praeceps Smith (1990: 253)

Lehnert, Marcus, 2011, Species of Cyathea in America related to the western Pacific species C. decurrens, Phytotaxa 26, pp. 39-59 : 46

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.26.1.6

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6446F468-763E-0A7A-7DC4-FA411EAEF9DE

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scientific name

Cyathea praeceps Smith (1990: 253)
status

 

10. Cyathea praeceps Smith (1990: 253) View in CoL . Type:— VENEZUELA. Territorio Federal Amazonas: Dept. Río Negro, Cerro de Neblina , 6.5 km SSW of base camp, S extension of range, 00º47'N, 66º11'W, 1600 m, 18 April 1984, Stein, Thompson, & Gentry 1655 (holotype UC, isotype MO) GoogleMaps .

Distribution and habitat: — Venezuela, 1225–1850 m.

Remarks: —Differs from Cyathea platylepis in being smaller, having only monomophic, bipinnatepinnatifid fronds, and lacking hairs abaxially.

S

Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History

UC

Upjohn Culture Collection

MO

Missouri Botanical Garden

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Cyatheales

Family

Cyatheaceae

Genus

Cyathea

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Cyatheales

Family

Cyatheaceae

Genus

Cyathea

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