Sphaeropteris lunulata

Sphaeropteris lunulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Cyatheales
Family:	Cyatheaceae
Genus:	Sphaeropteris
Species:	S. lunulata
Binomial name
	Sphaeropteris lunulata; (G.Forst.) R.M.Tryon
Synonyms
	Alsophila gazellae Kuhn ; Alsophila haenkei C.Presl ; Alsophila lunulata (G.Forst.) R.Br. ; Alsophila marianna Gaudich. ; Alsophila naumannii Kuhn ; Alsophila ponapeana Hosok. ; Alsophila rugosula (Copel.) C.Chr. ; Alsophila vitiensis Carruth. ; Cyathea extensa Sw. ; Cyathea haenkei Merr. ; Cyathea lunulata (G.Forst.) Copel. ; Cyathea marianna Gaudich. ; Cyathea naumannii Domin ; Cyathea ponapeana (Hosok.) Glassman ; Cyathea rugosula Copel. ; Cyathea vitiensis Copel. ; Cyathea vitiensis Domin ; Hemitelia cumingii Trevis. ; Phegopteris lunulata (G.Forst.) Fée ; Polypodium lunulatum G.Forst. ;

Sphaeropteris lunulata is a species of tree fern in the family Cyatheaceae, native from Sulawesi in Malesia and the Bismarck Archipelago in Papuasia to the western Pacific.^[1]^[2] It was first described by Georg Forster in 1786 as Polypodium lunulatum and transferred to Sphaeropteris by Rolla Tryon in 1970.^[3]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c "Sphaeropteris lunulata (G.Forst.) R.M.Tryon", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-07-31
^ Hassler, Michael (2004–2021), "Genus Sphaeropteris Bernh.", World Ferns. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 12.3, retrieved 2021-07-31
^ Tryon, Rolla M. (1970), "The Classification of the Cyatheaceae", Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, 200: 22, retrieved 2021-07-31

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