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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Cyathea

Hierarchical position of the Genus Cyathea

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Polypodiophyta Cronquist syn. Filicinophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966. common name: ferns       Subdivisio  Polypodiophytina Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.       Classis  Polypodiopsida Cronquist pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966.       Subclassis  Polypodiidae Cronquist pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966.       Ordo  Cyatheales A.B. Frank in Leunis pub. Syn. Pflanzenk., ed. 2, 3: 1453. 1877.       Subordo  Cyatheineae Bessey pub. Bot. High Schools: 376. Mai-Sep 1880.       Familia  Cyatheaceae Kaulf. pub. Wesen Farrenkr.: [119]. Jul-Sep 1827. common name: Cyatheaes    Subfamilia  Cyatheoideae Endl. pub. Gen. Pl.: 63. Aug 1836.    Tribus  Cyatheeae Gaudich. in Freyc. pub. Voy. Uranie, Bot.: 365. 18 Jul 1829.    Subtribus  Cyatheinae Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 67. 1829.    Genus  Cyathea Sm. pub. (1793) common name: treefern

Named members of the Genus Cyathea

1	Species  andina (Karst.) Domin common name: parrotfeather treefern
2	Species  aquilina (Christ) Domin syn. Cyathea parvula
3	Species  arborea (L.) Sm. common name: West Indian treefern
4	Species  armata (Sw.) Domin common name: creeping treefern
5	Species  borinquena (Maxon) Domin common name: birdwing treefern
6	Species  brittoniana Maxon syn. Cyathea tenera
7	Species  brooksii Maxon syn. Alsophila brooksii
8	Species  bryophila (R. Tryon) Proctor syn. Alsophila bryophila
9	Species  cooperi (Hook. ex F. Muell.) Domin common name: Cooper's cyathea
10	Species  dryopteroides Maxon syn. Alsophila amintae
11	Species  escuquensis (Karst.) Domin syn. Cyathea andina
12	Species  furfuracea Baker common name: Jamaican treefern
13	Species  horrida (L.) Sm. syn. Cnemidaria horrida
14	Species  parvula (Jenman) Domin common name: small treefern
15	Species  portoricensis Spreng. ex Kuhn syn. Alsophila portoricensis
16	Species  pungens (Willd.) Domin common name: spiny treefern
17	Species  tenera (J. Sm. ex Hook.) T. Moore common name: helecho gigante

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.