Cyathea palaciosii

Cyathea palaciosii is a tree fern of the family Cyatheaceae and endemic to the Nangaritza River Basin of Ecuador. It is the smallest of all tree ferns, reaching only 50 cm in height with a trunk only 2 cm thick, and fronds less than 50 cm length. It has been known to botanists only since 1995.^[1]

Cyathea palaciosii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Cyatheales
Family:	Cyatheaceae
Genus:	Cyathea
Species:	C. palaciosii
Binomial name
Cyathea palaciosii R.C.Moran