Alsophila schliebenii

Alsophila schliebenii, synonym Cyathea fadenii,[1] is a species of tree fern endemic to the Uluguru Mountains in Tanzania, where it grows on exposed ridges and on the upper edge of montane forest at an altitude of 1700–2100 m. The trunk is erect, up to 4 m tall and 3–5 cm in diameter. Fronds are bipinnate. Characteristically of this species, the most basal pair of pinnae are reduced, often to veins alone.[2]

Alsophila schliebenii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Cyatheales
Family: Cyatheaceae
Genus: Alsophila
Species:
A. schliebenii
Binomial name
Alsophila schliebenii
Reimers[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyathea fadenii Holttum
  • Gymnosphaera schliebenii (Reimers) S.Y.Dong

References
  1. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (June 2019). "Alsophila schliebenii". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  2. Large, Mark F. & Braggins, John E. (2004). Tree Ferns. Timber Press. pp. 130–131. ISBN 978-0-88192-630-9.


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