Gymnosphaera capensis

Gymnosphaera capensis
Slender, adult Gymnosphaera capensis ssp. capensis specimens, growing in typical shady Afromontane forest in Cape Town
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Cyatheales
Family: Cyatheaceae
Genus: Gymnosphaera
Species:
G. capensis
Binomial name
Gymnosphaera capensis
(L.f.) S.Y.Dong (2018)
Subspecies
  • Gymnosphaera capensis subsp. capensis
  • Gymnosphaera capensis subsp. polypodioides (Sw.) S.Y.Dong
Synonyms
  • Alsophila capensis (L.f.) J.Sm. (1842)
  • Amphicosmia capensis (L.f.) Klotzsch (1856)
  • Aspidium capense (L.f.) Sw. (1801)
  • Cormophyllum capense (L.f.) Newman (1854 publ. 1857)
  • Cyathea capensis (L.f.) Sm. (1793)
  • Hemitelia capensis (L.f.) Kaulf. (1824)
  • Polypodium capense L.f. (1782)
  • Polystichum capense (L.f.) J.Sm. (1846)

Gymnosphaera capensis, synonyms Alsophila capensis and Cyathea capensis, (known as the "forest tree fern") is a regionally widespread and highly variable species of tree fern. It is indigenous to Southern Africa (subsp. capensis) and South America (subsp. polypodioides).

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.