Gymnosphaera capensis

Gymnosphaera capensis
Slender, adult Gymnosphaera capensis ssp. capensis specimens, growing in typical shady Afromontane forest in Cape Town
Scientific classification Edit this 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[1]
  • Gymnosphaera capensis subsp. capensis
  • Gymnosphaera capensis subsp. polypodioides (Sw.) S.Y.Dong
Synonyms[1]
  • 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,[2] (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).[3]

  1. ^ a b Gymnosphaera capensis (L.f.) S.Y.Dong. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
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