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Cyathea macarthurii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Pteridopsida
Order:	Cyatheales
Family:	Cyatheaceae
Genus:	Cyathea
Species:	C. macarthurii
Binomial name
	Cyathea macarthurii ; (F.Muell.) Baker
Synonyms
	Hemitelia macarthurii F.Muell.;

Cyathea macarthurii is a fern in the Cyatheaceae family. The specific epithet honours Sir William Macarthur (1800–1882), horticulturalist, botanist and vigneron in New South Wales, who did much to establish an Australian wine industry.^[1]

Description

The plant is a treefern with a trunk up to 4 m in height, either shaggy with dark frond bases, or clear with round scars. The fronds, growing to 50 cm, have prickly stipes covered with a light brown, woolly indumentum.^[1]

Distribution and habitat

The fern is endemic to Australia’s subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. The commonest tree fern on the island, it is widespread from the lowlands to the mountains.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Cyathea macarthurii ". Flora of Australia Online: Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 49 (1994). Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS). Retrieved 2014-01-27. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)

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