Sphaeropteris lunulata is a species of tree fern in the family Cyatheaceae, native from Sulawesi in Malesia and the Bismarck Archipelago in Papuasia to the western Pacific.[1][2] It was first described by Georg Forster in 1786 as Polypodium lunulatum and transferred to Sphaeropteris by Rolla Tryon in 1970.[3]
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| Sphaeropteris lunulata |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Division: |
Polypodiophyta |
| Class: |
Polypodiopsida |
| Order: |
Cyatheales |
| Family: |
Cyatheaceae |
| Genus: |
Sphaeropteris |
| Species: |
S. lunulata |
| Binomial name |
Sphaeropteris lunulata
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| Synonyms[1] |
- Alsophila gazellae Kuhn
- Alsophila haenkei C.Presl
- Alsophila lunulata (G.Forst.) R.Br.
- Alsophila marianna Gaudich.
- Alsophila naumannii Kuhn
- Alsophila ponapeana Hosok.
- Alsophila rugosula (Copel.) C.Chr.
- Alsophila vitiensis Carruth.
- Cyathea extensa Sw.
- Cyathea haenkei Merr.
- Cyathea lunulata (G.Forst.) Copel.
- Cyathea marianna Gaudich.
- Cyathea naumannii Domin
- Cyathea ponapeana (Hosok.) Glassman
- Cyathea rugosula Copel.
- Cyathea vitiensis Copel.
- Cyathea vitiensis Domin
- Hemitelia cumingii Trevis.
- Phegopteris lunulata (G.Forst.) Fée
- Polypodium lunulatum G.Forst.
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