Cyathea holdridgeana

Cyathea holdridgeana, synonym Cyathea albomarginata, is a species of tree fern native to Panama and Costa Rica.^[1] It grows in wet forests at elevations of 2400–2800 m, considerably higher than most other tree ferns of Central America.

Cyathea holdridgeana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Cyatheales
Family:	Cyatheaceae
Genus:	Cyathea
Species:	C. holdridgeana
Binomial name
Cyathea holdridgeana Nisman & L.D.Gómez[1]
Synonyms[1]
Cyathea albomarginata R.C.Moran

Cyathea holdridgeana is a small tree with a trunk up to 50 cm tall. Petiole purplish-brown with white margins, scaly but not spiny; scales (= modified appendages attached to the margins of the petioles) bicolored, dark purple in the center but white along the margins; dead scales appearing totally white. Leaves bipinnate; pinnulae 10–12 cm long^[2][3][4][5]