Alsophila podophylla

Alsophila podophylla, synonym Cyathea podophylla, is a widespread species of tree fern native to southern China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and the Ryukyu Islands. It grows in forest by streams and in ravines at an altitude of 600–1000 m.[2]

Alsophila podophylla
Illustration from A Second Century of Ferns
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Cyatheales
Family: Cyatheaceae
Genus: Alsophila
Species:
A. podophylla
Binomial name
Alsophila podophylla
Hook.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Alsophila kohchangensis C.Chr.
  • Alsophila podophylla var. procumbens Tutcher
  • Alsophila rheosora Baker
  • Cyathea bonii Christ
  • Cyathea kohchangensis Domin
  • Cyathea podophylla (Hook.) Copel.
  • Cyathea podophylla var. occulata C.Chr. & Tardieu
  • Cyathea rheosora Copel.
  • Dryopteris subconjuncta Christ
  • Gymnosphaera podophylla (Hook.) Copel.

References
  1. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (June 2019). "Alsophila podophylla". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Vol. 8. Archived from the original on 2017-09-02. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  2. Large, Mark F. & Braggins, John E. (2004). Tree Ferns. Timber Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-88192-630-9.


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