Sphaeropteris lunulata
Scientific classification Edit this 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[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • 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]

See also

List of endemic plants in the Mariana Islands

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sphaeropteris lunulata (G.Forst.) R.M.Tryon", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-07-31
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ 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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