Cyathea palaciosii

Cyathea palaciosii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Cyatheales
Family: Cyatheaceae
Genus: Cyathea
Species:
C. palaciosii
Binomial name
Cyathea palaciosii
R.C.Moran

Cyathea palaciosii is a tree fern of the family Cyatheaceae and endemic to the Nangaritza River Basin of Ecuador. It is the smallest of all tree ferns, reaching only 50 cm in height with a trunk only 2 cm thick, and fronds less than 50 cm length. It has been known to botanists only since 1995.[1]

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References

  1. ^ Large, Mark F.; Braggins, John E. (2004). Tree Ferns. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 235.
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