Sphaeropteris | |
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Sphaeropteris cooperi in Blandys Garden, Madeira | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Cyatheales |
Family: | Cyatheaceae |
Genus: | Sphaeropteris Bernh.[1] |
Type species | |
Sphaeropteris medullaris (Forster) Bernh.
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Species | |
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Sphaeropteris is a genus of tree fern 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]