Gymnosphaera schliebenii

Gymnosphaera schliebenii, synonyms Alsophila schliebenii and Cyathea fadenii,^[3] is a species of tree fern endemic to the Uluguru Mountains in Tanzania, where it grows on exposed ridges and on the upper edge of montane forest at an elevation of 1700–2100 m. The trunk is erect, up to 4 m tall and 3–5 cm in diameter. Fronds are bipinnate. Characteristically of this species, the most basal pair of pinnae are reduced, often to veins alone.^[4]

Gymnosphaera schliebenii
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Cyatheales
Family:	Cyatheaceae
Genus:	Gymnosphaera
Species:	G. schliebenii
Binomial name
Gymnosphaera schliebenii (Reimers) S.Y.Dong[2]
Synonyms[2]
Alsophila schliebenii Reimers Cyathea fadenii Holttum