Sphaeropteris squamulata

Cyathea squamulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Pteridopsida
Order:	Cyatheales
Family:	Cyatheaceae
Genus:	Cyathea
Subgenus:	Sphaeropteris
Section:	Sphaeropteris
Species:	C. squamulata
Binomial name
Cyathea squamulata (Blume) Copeland, 1909
Synonyms
Gymnosphaera squamulata Blume, 1828 Alsophila squamulata Wallich, 1829 Athyrium squamulata Presl, 1836 ex err. Cystopteris squamulata Presl, 1836 Alsophila squamulata (Blume) W. J. Hooker, 1866 Sphaeropteris squamulata (Blume) Tryon, 1970 Polypodium comosum Wallich, 1828 Alsophila comosa Wallich, 1829 (non Alsophila comosa Scott, 1874; quae Cyathea khasyana, non Alsophila comosa C. Christensen, 1897; quae Cyathea elmeri) Alsophila sp. 1 Blume, 1844 Cyathea ridleyi Copeland, 1909 Cyathea brooksii Copeland, 1911 (non Cyathea brooksii Maxon, 1909) Alsophila sarawakensis C. Christensen, 1913 Cyathea deuterobrooksii Copeland, 1929 Cyathea glabrescens Domin, 1930 Cyathea xanthina Domin, 1930

Cyathea squamulata is a species of tree fern native to the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the southern Philippines, including the Sulu Archipelago, where it grows in forest from the lowlands to an altitude of about 1500 m. The trunk is erect and up to 2 m tall. Fronds are pinnate or bipinnate and approximately 1.5 m long. The stipe is covered in densely packed firm, medium brown scales. Sori occur near the fertile pinnule midvein and lack indusia.

References

• Braggins, John E. & Large, Mark F. 2004. Tree Ferns. Timber Press, Inc., p. 261. ISBN 0-88192-630-2
• The International Plant Names Index: Cyathea squamulata