Distribution of Cyathea in Australasia and the Pacific

Subgen. Cyathea
   Sect. Cyathea
C. affinis   ADEINP  
C. alata   J        
C. alta   ENO   
C. aneitensis   R
C. archboldii    (Bougainville)
C. australis   B                
     subsp. norfolkensis   L      
C. brevipinna   G           
C. colensoi   K       
C. cunninghamii   BK    (Chatham Is.)
C. dealbata   K       
C. decurrens   DENR
     var. vaupelii   N    
     subsp. epaleata   P  
C. howeana   G           
C. kermadacensis   F            
C. macarthurii   G           
C. marcescens   B                
C. milnei   F            
C. plagiostegia   E             
C. robertsiana   B                
C. smithii   K    (Auckland Is.)
C. solomonensis   O   
C. stelligera   J        
C. stokesii   A                 
C. veillardii   JR
C. woollsiana   B
               
   Sect. Gymnosphaera
C. baileyana   B                
C. hornei   E             
C. rebeccae   B    (Flores)

Subgen. Sphaeropteris
   Sect. Sphaeropteris
      Subsect. Sphaeropteris
C. albifrons   J        
C. aramaganensis   H          
C. brownii   L      
C. cooperi   B                
C. feani   I         
C. intermedia   J        
C. lunulata   CHJNOQR    (Bismarck Arch.)
     subsp. vitiensis   E             
C. medullaris   AEIKMNP  
C. nigricans   C               
C. parksiae   D              
C. robusta   G           
C. vittata   O   
C. whitmeei   NO
  
      Subsect. Fourniera
C. aciculosa   O    (Admiralty Is.)
C. celebica   B    (New Guinea, Ternate, Amboyna, Celebes)
C. leichardtiana   B                
C. novae-caledoniae   J        
C. truncata   ENO
  
   Sect. Schizocaena
C. brackenridgei   O   
C. leucolepis   R
C. microlepidota   E             
C. propinqua   E             
C. subsessilis   EN    
C. vaupelii   N    
LEGEND

A = Austral Is. (3 species)
B = Australia (10 species)
C = Caroline Is. (2 species)
D = Cook Is. (3 species)
E = Fiji (11 species)
F = Kermadec Is. (2 species)
G = Lord Howe Is. (4 species)
H = Marianas (2 species)
I = Marquesas (3 species)
J = New Caledonia (7 species)
K = New Zealand (5 species)
L = Norfolk Is. (2 species)
M = Pitcairn Is. (1 species)
N = Samoa (10 species)
O = Solomon Is. (8 species)
P = Tahiti (3 species)
Q = Tonga (1 species)
R = Vanuatu (5 species)
Classification of the Cyathea

Genus Cyathea
   Subgenus Cyathea
      Section Cyathea
      Section Gymnosphaera
   Subgenus Sphaeropteris
      Section Sphearopteris
          Subsection Sphaeropteris
          Subsection Fourniera
      Section Schizocaena
          Subsection Schizocaena
          Subsection Sarcopholis
Locations Referred to in Original Text:
New Hebrides = Vanuatu

Other Species:
C. exilis   (endemic to Australia) (Cape York Peninsula – endangered)
C. felina   (Australia, Malaysia - as C. sangirensis)
C. cicatricosa   (New Caledonia)