acanthophora (Malaysia) acanthopoda = C. magnifolia acaulis = C. hancockii aciculosa (Malaysia, Pacific) acrostichoides (Malaysia) aculeata (Alsophila) = C. armata or C. microdonta aculeata (Cyathea) = C. armata acuminata (Malaysia) acuta = C. contaminans aeneifolia (Malaysia) aeneifolia var. macrophylla (Malaysia) aeneifolia var. melanacantha (Malaysia) aethiopica = C. camerooniana var. aethiopica affinis (Pacific) affinis = C. affinis or C. medullaris or C. propinqua agatheti (Malaysia) alata (Pacific) albidosquamata (Malaysia) albidula = C. rubiginosa albosetacea (Asia) alderwereltii (Malaysia) alleniae (Malaysia) allocota = C. squamulata alpicola = C. trachypoda alpina = C. trachypoda alsophila = C. aspera alsophiliformis = C. junghuhniana alternans (Malaysia) amaiambitensis = C. ramispina amboinensis (Malaysia) amphicosmioides = C. hymenodes ampla = C. assimilis or C. polypoda andersoni (Asia) aneitensis (Pacific) angiensis (Malaysia) angolensis = C. dregei angustipinna (Malaysia) annae (Malaysia) apiculata (Malaysia) apoensis (Malaysia) aquilina = C. parvula aquilina var. maxonii = C. parvula arachnoidea = C. aciculosa or C. celebica or C. tripinnata aramaganensis (Pacific) arborea (Jamaica) arborea var. concinna = C. concinna arborea var. nigrescens = C. woodwardioides arborea var. pallida (Jamaica) = C. grevilleana arborea var. pallida (Malaysia) = C. orientalis arborescens = C. caudata archboldii (Malaysia, Pacific) archboldii var. horrida (Malaysia) arfakensis (Malaysia) arfakensis (Alsophila) = C. kanehirae arfakensis (Polybotrya) = C. biformis arfakensis (Thysanobotrya) = C. biformis arguta = C. integra argyrolepis = C. elmeri armata (Jamaica) armata = C. armata or C. microdonta arthropoda (Malaysia) arthropterygia = C. hymenodes aruensis = C. sangirensis ascendens (Malaysia) aspera (Jamaica) asperula = C. furfuracea assimilis (Malaysia) assimilis = C. assimilis or C. oosora atropurpurea (Malaysia) atrospinosa (Malaysia) atrox var. atrox (Malaysia) atrox var. inermis (Malaysia) auriculifera (Malaysia) australiensis = C. leichardtiana australis (Pacific) australis (Hemitelia) = C. leichardtiana australis var. cervicalis = C. cooperi australis var. excelsa = C cooperi australis var. nigricans = C. robusta australis var. pallida = C. cooperi austrosinica = C. spinulosa baileyana (Pacific) bakeri = C. lurida barisanica = C. javanica barotu = C. vittata bartlettii = C. obscura batesii = C. camerooniana var. zenkeri batjanensis (Malaysia) beccariana = C. assimilis beddomei = C. spinulosa benculensis = C. javanica x bernardii (Jamaica) (C. arborea x C. armata) betchei = C. whitmeei bicolana = C. philippinensis bicolor = C. fuliginosa bidentata = C. archboldii biformis (Malaysia) biliranensis = C. fuliginosa binuangensis (Malaysia) bipinnatifida = C. trichophora bongardiana = C. mertensiana bonii = C. podophylla boninsimensis = C. spinulosa bontocensis = C. philippinensis borneensis (Asia, Malaysia) brackenridgei (Pacific) brassii = C. sangirensis brauseana = C. wengiensis brevifoliolata = C. raciborskii breviloba = C. integra brevipes = C. caudata brevipinna (Pacific) brittoniana = C. furfuracea brooksii = C. squamulata brownii (Pacific) brunnea = C. hornei brunoniana (Asia) brunoniana = C. brunoniana or C. chinensis brunonis = C. moluccana bulusanensis = C. integra bunnemeijerii (Malaysia) burbidgei (Alsophila) = C. ramispina or C. wallacei burbidgei (Cyathea) = C. trichodesma or C. wallacei burbidgei (Gymnosphaera) = C. wallacei burkei = C. dregei buruensis = C. sangirensis callosa (Malaysia) calocoma = C. lepifera camaguinensis = C. callosa camerooniana var. aethiopica (Africa) camerooniana var. camerooniana (Africa) camerooniana var. congi (Africa) camerooniana var. currorii (Africa) camerooniana var. occidentalis (Africa) camerooniana var. ugandensis (Africa) camerooniana var. zenkeri (Africa) campanulata = C. mossambicensis campbellii = C. loheri capensis (Africa) capensis (Malaysia) = C. raciborskii capitata (Malaysia) caracasana (Jamaica) carrii (Malaysia) catillifera (Malaysia) caudata (Malaysia) caudiculata = C. callosa or C. heterochlamydea caudiculata var. congi = C. camerooniana var. congi caudipinnula = C. javanica celebica (Malaysia, Pacific) celebica = C. celebica or C. teysmannii cheilanthoides = C. macgregorii chinensis (Asia) christii (Malaysia) christii (Alsophila) = C. elmeri (not C. christii) cincinnata (Malaysia) cinerea (Malaysia) clementis = C. contaminans coactilis (Malaysia) colensoi (Pacific) commutata = C. recommutata comosa (Asia) = C. khasyana comosa (Malaysia) = C. elmeri or C. squamulata concinna (Jamaica) concinna (Malaysia) = C. sangirensis confluens = C. modesta confucii = C. spinulosa congoensis (Alsophila) = C. camerooniana var. aethiopica conquisita (Jamaica) contaminans (Asia, Malaysia) contaminans var. brunoniana = C. brunoniana contaminans var. inermis = C. brunoniana contaminans var. longepaleata = C. sarasinorum contaminans var. persquamulifera = C. persquamulifera cooperi (Pacific) costalisora (Malaysia) costularis = C. chinensis costulisora (Malaysia) crenulata (Malaysia) crenulata (Alsophila) = C. raciborskii (not C. crenulata) crenulata (Hemitelia) = C. raciborskii (not C. crenulata) crenulata f. latissima = C. oinops crenulata f. squamulosa = C. oinops crenulata f. subspinulosa = C. apiculata crinita (Asia) crinita (Malaysia) = C. tomentosa cucullifera (Malaysia) cumingii = C. medullaris cunninghamii (Pacific) curranii (Malaysia) curvipinnula = C. aeneifolia cyclodonta = C. leucotricha dealbata (Pacific) decipiens = C. spinulosa deckenii (Africa) decurrens (Pacific) decurrens subsp. epaleata (Pacific) decurrens var. vaupelii (Pacific) debilis = C. junghuhniana deminuens (Malaysia) densisora = C. tripinnata denticulata = C. hancockii deorsilobata = C. medullaris deuterobrooksii = C. squamulata dicksonioides (Malaysia) dimorpha (Malaysia) dimorphophylla = C. hornei dimorphotricha = C. elmeri dinagatensis = C. polypoda discophora (Malaysia) dissitifolia = C. hornei dissoluta (Jamaica) distans = C. crenulata doctersii (Malaysia) dregei (Africa) dubia (Alsophila) = C. glabra dubia (Stenochlaena) = C. biformis dulitensis = C. assimilis dupaxensis = C. caudata dura = C. fuliginosa d’urvillei = C. affinis edanoi (Malaysia) elegans = C. grevilleana elliptica (Malaysia) elmeri (Malaysia) eminens = C. sangirensis eriophora (Malaysia) estelae (Jamaica) everta (Malaysia) excavata (Malaysia) excelsa (Alsophila) = C. brownii excelsa (Cyathea) = C. crenulata excelsa var. cooperi = C. cooperi exilis (Pacific) extensa (Malaysia) = C. junghuhniana extensa (Pacific) = C. medullaris faberiana = C. oinops fadenii (Africa) falcata = C. integra fallax = C. junghuhniana fauriei = C. spinulosa feani (Pacific) felina (Pacific) (= C. sangirensis (Malaysia)?) fenicis (Malaysia) fenicis = C. elmeri or C. fenicis ferox = C. microdonta ferruginea (Malaysia) ferrugineoides = C. ferruginea foersteri (Malaysia) formosana = C. metteniana foxworthyi = C. callosa francii = C. intermedia fructuosa = C. loheri fugax (Malaysia) fujiiana = C. fenicis fuliginosa (Malaysia) funebris (Cyathea) = C. albifrons funebris (Fourniera) = C. novae-caledoniae furfuracea (Jamaica) fuscopaleata = C. moluccana gaudichaudi = C. moluccana geluensis (Malaysia) geppiana = C. batjanensis gibbsiae = C. biformis gigantea (Asia, Malaysia) glaberrima (Malaysia) glabra (Malaysia) glabra (Alsophila) = C. gigantea or C. glabra glabra (Gymnosphaera) = C. glabra or C. polypoda glabra var. cavaleriana = C. metteniana glabrescens = C. squamulata glauca (Asia) = C. contaminans or C. brunoniana glauca (Malaysia) = C. contaminans or C. tenggerensis glauca var. celebica = C. contaminans glauca var. densa = C. contaminans glauca var. longepaleata = C. sarasinorum glauca var. microloba = C. contaminans glauca var. setulosa = C. contaminans glauca var. squamulata = C. contaminans glauca var. squamulosa = C. contaminans glauca var. trichocarpa = C. contaminans glaucophylla = C. junghuhniana gleichenioides (Malaysia) globosora = C. everta gracilescens = C. parvula gracilis (Jamaica) gracilis = C. gracilis or C. parvula gracillima = C. macgillivrayi grantii = C. medullaris gregaria (Malaysia) grevilleana (Jamaica) haenkei = C. lunulata haenkei var. angustata = C. tenggerensis hainanensis (Asia) halconensis (Malaysia) hallieri = C. ramispina hancockii (Asia) harrisii (Jamaica) havilandii (Malaysia) helferiana = C. gigantea hemichlamydea = C. borneensis henryi (Asia) heterochlamydea (Malaysia) heteroloba = C. philippinensis heteromorpha = C. recommutata heterophylla = C. lurida hewittii = C. recommutata hieronymi = C. wengiensis hilleana = C. cooperi holstii (Alsophila) = C. humilis holstii (Cyathea) = C. mossambicensis holttumii = C. elliptica hooglandii (Malaysia) hookeri (Asia) hornei (Malaysia, Pacific) horridipes = C. alderwereltii horridula (Malaysia) howeana (Pacific) humilis (Africa) humilis var. pycnophylla (Africa) hunsteiniana (Malaysia) hunsteiniana (Alsophila) = C. rubiginosa (not C. hunsteiniana) hymenodes (Malaysia) hypocrateriformis = C. integra hystricosa = C. woodwardioides imbricata (Malaysia) incisocrenata = C. vieillardii incisoserrata (Malaysia) indrapurae = C. apiculata indusiosa = C. loheri infesta = C. aspera inquinans (Malaysia) insingnis (Jamaica) insulana (Malaysia) integra (Malaysia) integra = C. integra or C. tripinnatifida or C. zamboangana interjecta = C. albifrons intermedia (Pacific) jamaicensis (Jamaica) jamaicensis = C. concinna or C. jamaicensis janseniana = C. alternans javanica (Malaysia) javanica (Amphicosmia) = C. junghuhniana (not C. javanica) javanica (Hemitelia) = C. junghuhniana (not C. javanica) javanica var. rigida = C. crenulata junghuhniana (Malaysia) junghuhniana var. dissoluta = C. raciborskii |
SPECIES OF THE GENUS CYATHEA REFERRED TO IN THE ‘TREEFERNS DOWN UNDER’ SITE |
Listed below in bold type are ‘current’ (as per the documents listed on the home page) names of 294 species (subspecies, varieties & hybrids) in the genus Cyathea from Africa, Asia, Jamaica, Malaysia & the Pacific (including Australasia). More information may be found on the appropriate web pages for each region. Specific names which are not in bold type represent names which have been misapplied (for one reason or another) to species of Cyathea in these regions. (Some generic names which have commonly been misapplied to the genus Cyathea in the past include Alsophila, Amphicosmia, Cnemidaria, Fourniera, Gymnosphaera, Hemitelia, Nephelea, Schizocaena, Sphaeropteris and Trichopteris.) |
kanehirae (Malaysia) kanehirae (Pacific) = C. aramaganensis kemberangana = C. polypoda kenepaiana = C. ramispina kermadacensis (Pacific) keysseri = C. macgregorii khasyana (Asia) kinabaluensis = C. moluccana kingii = C. lurida or C. werneri klossii (Malaysia) kohchangensis = C. podophylla korthalsii = C. hymenodes or C. loheri laciniata = C. aneitensis laeta = C. squamulata lamprocaulon = C. metteniana lanaensis = C. fuliginosa lanuginosa = C. tomentosa lastreoides = C. latebrosa latebrosa (Asia, Malaysia) latebrosa (Asia) = C. latebrosa or C. nilgirensis latebrosa (Malaysia) = C. junghuhniana or C. latebrosa latebrosa var. batjanensis = C. amboinensis latebrosa var. denudata = C. borneensis latebrosa var. indusiata = C. hymenodes latebrosa var. major = C. elmeri latebrosa var. ornata = C. incisoserrata latebrosa var. schmidiana = C. nilgirensis latebrosa var. walkerae = C. walkerae latipinnula (Malaysia) laurentiorum = C. manniana ledermannii (Malaysia) ledermannii (Alsophila) = C. hornei (not C. ledermannii) ledermannii (Hemitelia) = C. macrophylla (not C. ledermannii) leichardtiana (Pacific) lenormandii = C. albifrons lepidigera = C. fuliginosa lepidoclada (Malaysia) lepidotricha = C. novae-caledoniae lepifera (Asia, Malaysia) leptolepia = C. latebrosa leucocarpa = C. latebrosa leucolepis (Pacific) leucophaes = C. crenulata leucostegia = C. tripinnata leucotricha (Malaysia) x lewisii (Jamaica) (C. arborea x C. aspera) leytensis = C. tripinnata lobata = C. apoensis lobbiana = C. alternans loddigesii = C. australis loerzingii (Malaysia) loheri (Asia, Malaysia) loheri var. tonglonensis = C. fuliginosa longipaleata = C. muelleri longipes (Malaysia) longipes = C. longipes or C. macropoda longipinna = C. latebrosa lunulata (Malaysia, Pacific) lunulata = C. junghuhniana or C. lunulata lunulata subsp. vitiensis (Pacific) lurida (Malaysia) macarthurii (Pacific) macarthurii = C. leichardtiana or C. macarthurii macgillivrayi (Malaysia) macgregorii (Malaysia) macrophylla (Malaysia) macrophylla var. quadripinnata (Malaysia) macropoda (Malaysia) magna (Malaysia) magnifolia (Malaysia) manilensis = C. caudata manniana (Africa) manniana = C. deckenii or C. manniana x marcescens (Pacific) (C. australis x C. cunninghamii) margarethae = C. trichodesma masapilidensis (Malaysia) mearnsii = C. halconensis media (Malaysia) medullaris (Pacific) medullaris var. tripinnata = C. mertensiana megalosora (Malaysia) melanacantha = C. aeneifolia var. melanacantha melanocaulos = C. hornei melanoclada = C. hornei melanophlebia = C. halconensis melanopus = C. junghuhniana melanorachis = C. lurida merapiensis = C. junghuhniana merrillii = C. heterochlamydea mertensiana (Asia) metteniana (Asia) microchlamys (Malaysia) microdonta (Jamaica) microlepidota (Pacific) microphylloides (Malaysia) microsepala = C. parvula mildbraedii (Africa) milnei (Pacific) mindanensis = C. fuliginosa minuscula = C. parvula mitrata = C. loheri modesta (Malaysia) mollis = C. trichophora moluccana (Malaysia) moniliformis = C. insignis monstrabila = C. dissoluta montana = C. costulisora moorei (Alsophila) = C. leichardtiana moorei (Cyathea) = C. macarthurii moorei (Hemitelia) = C. howeana muelleri (Malaysia) muricata = C. aspera or C. furfuracea naumannii = C. lunulata negrosiana (Malaysia) neocaledonica = C. vieillardii nicklesii (Africa) nigrescens = C. woodwardioides nigricans (Pacific) nigrolineata (Malaysia) nigropaleata (Malaysia) nigrospinulosa = C. tripinnatifida nilgirensis (Asia) nitens = C. aspera nitida = C. aspera nockii (Jamaica) novae-caledoniae (Pacific) novoguineensis = C. geluensis obliqua (Malaysia) obscura (Malaysia) obtusata = C. borneensis obtusiloba (Africa) ogurae (Asia) oinops (Malaysia) okiana = C. sangirensis oldhami = C. khasyana oligocarpia = C. oinops oligosora = C. squamulata olivacea = C. hornei oosora (Malaysia) ordinata = C. magna orientalis (Malaysia) ornata (Asia) = C. khasyana ornata (Malaysia) = C. incisoserrata ornata var. sikkimensis = C. incisoserrata pachyrrhachis (Malaysia) paleacea = C. havilandii paleata = C. apiculata palembanica = C. javanica pallidipaleata (Malaysia) paraphysata = C. squamulata paraphysophora = C. alderwereltii parksiae (Pacific) parva (Malaysia) parvifolia = C. deminuens parvula (Jamaica) parvula var. microsepala = C. parvula patellifera (Malaysia) pendula (Jamaica) peranemiformis = C. microphylloides percrassa (Malaysia) perpelvigera (Malaysia) perpunctulata (Malaysia) persquamulata = C. subdubia persquamulifera (Malaysia) philippinensis (Malaysia) physolepidota (Malaysia) pilulifera (Malaysia) pinnata = C. moluccana plagiostegia (Pacific) plagiostegia = C. alta or C. plagiostegia podophylla (Asia) poiensis = C. trichophora polycampta = C. gigantea polycarpa = C. crenulata polydonta = C. hancockii polyneuron = C. medullaris polyphlebia = C. sangirensis polypoda (Malaysia) ponapeana = C. lunulata principis = C. camerooniana var. aethiopica procera (Malaysia) producta = C. caracasana propinqua (Pacific) pruinosa (Malaysia) pseudoalbizzia = C. robinsonii pseudobrunonis = C. moluccana pseudomuelleri (Malaysia) pteridioides = C. lepifera pubescens (Jamaica) pulcherrima (Malaysia) pulchra = C. obscura pumilio = C. albidosquamata punctulata (Malaysia) pustulosa = C. lepifera pycnoneura (Malaysia) quadripinnatifida = C. celebica raciborskii (Malaysia) raiateensis = C. affinis ramispina (Malaysia) ramosiana = C. philippinensis ramosii = C. trichophora rapaensis = C. affinis rebeccae (Malaysia, Pacific) rebeccae var. commutata = C. baileyana rebeccae var. lobulata = C. rebeccae recommutata (Malaysia) recurvata (Malaysia) reducta = C. glabra rheosora = C. podophylla ridleyi = C. squamulata rigens (Malaysia) rigida = C. havilandii robertsiana (Pacific) robinsonii (Malaysia) robusta (Pacific) robusta (Malaysia) = C. junghuhniana robusta var. norfolkiana = C. brownii rosenstockii (Alsophila) = C. ascendens (not C. rosenstockii) rubella (Malaysia) rubiginosa (Malaysia) rudimentaris = C. latebrosa rufopannosa (Malaysia) rugosula = C. lunulata rumphiana = C. sangirensis saccata (Malaysia) salletii (Asia) salticola = C. alderwereltii samoensis = C. alta or C. affinis or C. whitmeei sangirensis (Malaysia) (= C. felina (Pacific)?) saparuensis = C. batjanensis sarasinorum (Malaysia) sarawakensis (Alsophila) = C. squamulata sarawakensis (Cyathea) = C. alternans sarawakensis (Gymnosphaera) = C. squamulata scaberula = C. sangirensis scaberulipes = C. sangirensis scabra = C. medullaris scabriseta = C. sangirensis scandens (Malaysia) schanschin = C. harrisii schizochlamys = C. sumatrana schlechteri (Malaysia) schliebenii (Africa) schliebenii = C. fadenii or C. schliebenii sclerolepis = C. vieillardii scottiana = C. khasyana sellae = C. manniana semiamplectens (Malaysia) senex (Malaysia) sepikensis = C. geluensis serra = C. arborea x sessilifolia (Jamaica) (C. parvula x Cnemidaria horrida) sessilipinnula = C. suluensis setchellii = C. vaupelii setulosa (Malaysia) sherringii = C. caracasana sibuyanensis (Malaysia) sikkimensis = C. khasyana singalanensis = C. modesta sinuata (Asia) smithiana = C. contaminans smithii (Pacific) societarum = C. medullaris solomonensis (Pacific) spinifera = C. alderwereltii spinulosa var. muriculata = C. crenulata squamicosta = C. fuliginosa squamulata (Malaysia) squamulata = C. recommutata or C. squamulata stelligera (Pacific) stipitipinnula (Malaysia) stipitulata = C. assimilis stokesii (Pacific) straminea = C. batjanensis strigosa (Malaysia) stuhlmannii = C. C. humilis subbipinnata = C. elliptica subbullata = C. decurrens subcomosa = C. elmeri subconfluens = C. modesta subdimorpha = C. lurida subdubia (Malaysia) subobscura = C. obscura subsessilis (Pacific) subspathulata = C. geluensis subtripinnata (Malaysia) subulata = C. recommutata subuliformis = C. sumatrana sulitii = C. fuliginosa suluensis (Malaysia) sumatrana (Malaysia) sumatrana (Hemitelia) = C. alderwereltii (not C. sumatrana) swartziana = C. armata tahitensis = C. affinis taiwaniana = C. spinulosa tanzaniana = C. schliebenii tenggerensis (Malaysia) tenuicaulis (Malaysia) tenuis = C. tenuicaulis ternatea (Malaysia) teysmannii (Malaysia) thomsonii (Africa) thurstonii = C. affinis tomentosa (Malaysia) tomentosa var. novoguineensis = C. magna tomentosissima (Malaysia) tonglonensis = C. fuliginosa toppingii = C. recommutata trachypoda (Malaysia) trichodesma (Malaysia) trichophora (Malaysia) tricolor = C. dealbata tripinnata (Malaysia) truncata (Malaysia) = C. teysmannii truncata (Pacific) truncata var. nivea = C. celebica truncata var. sagittata = C. celebica tuberculata = C. sumatrana tussacii (Jamaica) tussacii var. magnifolia = C. tussacii uluguruensis = C. humilis umbrosa (Alsophila) = C. gigantea umbrosa (Cyathea) = C. lepifera urdanetensis = C. zamboangana usambarensis = C. manniana vandeusenii (Malaysia) vaupelii (Pacific) veitchii = C. lunulata verrucosa (Malaysia) versteegii = C. runensis vexans = C. glabra vieillardii (Pacific) vitiensis = C. lunulata vittata (Pacific) walkerae (Asia) wallacei (Malaysia) warihon = C. fuliginosa welwitschii (Africa) wengiensis (Malaysia) whitmeei (Pacific) Wilkesiana = C. whitmeei x wilsonii (Jamaica) (C. arborea x Cnemidaria horrida) womersleyi (Malaysia) woodwardioides (Jamaica) woollsiana (Pacific) yunnanensis = C. chinensis xanthina = C. squamulata xantholepia = C. squamulata xantholepis = C. squamulata zambesiaca = C. thomsonii zamboangana (Malaysia) zollingeriana = C. crenulata or C. oinops |