Sphaeropteris lunulata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Cyatheales |
| Family: | Cyatheaceae |
| Genus: | Sphaeropteris |
| Species: | S. lunulata
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| Sphaeropteris lunulata | |
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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]
See also
[edit]List of endemic plants in the Mariana Islands
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Sphaeropteris lunulata (G.Forst.) R.M.Tryon", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-07-31
- ^ Hassler, Michael (2004–2021), "Genus Sphaeropteris Bernh.", World Ferns. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 12.3, retrieved 2021-07-31
- ^ Tryon, Rolla M. (1970), "The Classification of the Cyatheaceae", Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, 200: 22, retrieved 2021-07-31
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