Alsophila fulgens

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Alsophila fulgens
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Cyatheales
Family: Cyatheaceae
Genus: Alsophila
Species:
A. fulgens
Binomial name
Alsophila fulgens
(C.Chr.) D.S.Conant[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyathea fulgens C.Chr.
  • Nephelea fulgens (C.Chr.) Gastony

Alsophila fulgens, synonym Cyathea fulgens,[1] is a species of tree fern native to Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola. It forms part of the complex centered on Alsophila woodwardioides comprising six very similar taxa from the Greater Antilles. The other five species are Alsophila jimeneziana (syn. Cyathea crassa), Alsophila grevilleana, and . Large and Braggins (2004) note that this group is known to cross with members of the complex. In the wild, A. fulgens also forms hybrids with Alsophila brooksii.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (June 2019). "Alsophila fulgens". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World (version 8.02). Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  2. ^ Large, Mark F. & Braggins, John E. (2004). Tree Ferns. Timber Press. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-88192-630-9.


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