Sphaeropteris

Sphaeropteris
Sphaeropteris cooperi in Blandys Garden, Madeira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Cyatheales
Family: Cyatheaceae
Genus: Sphaeropteris
Bernh.[1]
Type species
Sphaeropteris medullaris
(Forster) Bernh.
Species

See text.

Synonyms[2]
  • Eatoniopteris J.Bommer
  • Fourniera J.Bommer
  • Schizocaena J.Sm.
  • Cyathea (Sphaeropteris) (Bernh.) Holttum
Sphaeropteris excelsa (syn. Cyathea brownii) in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Sphaeropteris intermedia in habitat in New Caledonia
Sphaeropteris medullaris in Auckland, New Zealand

Sphaeropteris is a genus of tree ferns in the family Cyatheaceae. It has been treated as a subgenus within the genus Cyathea, but is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[3]

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