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    distinction. Sphaeropteris has scales without distinct margins, whereas the other genera have scales with distinct margins. The genus Sphaeropteris was erected...
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    Sphaeropteris cooperi, synonym Cyathea cooperi, also known as lacy tree fern, scaly tree fern, or Cooper's tree fern, is a tree fern native to Australia...
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    Sphaeropteris horrida is a tree fern in the family Cyatheaceae, and grows in southern Mexico and Central America. It is the largest species of tree fern...
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    Sphaeropteris medullaris, synonym Cyathea medullaris, commonly known as mamaku or black tree fern, is a large tree fern up to 20 m tall. It is distributed...
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    ISBN 978-0-88192-630-9. "Sphaeropteris excelsa". San Francisco Botanical Garden. Retrieved 24 November 2022. "Sphaeropteris Species, Norfolk Island Tree...
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    Bernd (June 2019). "Sphaeropteris intermedia". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Retrieved 2019-08-23. "Sphaeropteris intermedia (Mett.)...
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    Sphaeropteris lepifera, synonym Cyathea lepifera, the brush pot tree (Chinese: 筆筒樹; pinyin: bǐtǒng shù), is a tree fern that grows in the mountains of...
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    Sphaeropteris quindiuensis, is a species of tree fern in the family Cyatheaceae. It is native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. "Sphaeropteris quindiuensis...
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    Sphaeropteris australis, synonyms Alsophila leichhardtiana and Cyathea leichhardtiana, the prickly tree fern, is a plant in the tree fern family, Cyatheaceae...
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    economic application, chiefly as sources of starch. These include the Sphaeropteris excelsa of Norfolk Island that was threatened with extinction for the...
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    Sphaeropteris crinita, synonyms Alsophila crinita and Cyathea crinita, is a species of tree fern native to India and Sri Lanka. It is considered to be...
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  • 1920 as Hemitelia ledermannii, and transferred to Sphaeropteris by Rolla Tryon in 1970. "Sphaeropteris ledermannii (Brause) R.M.Tryon", Plants of the World...
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  • Sphaeropteris propinqua, synonym Cyathea propinqua, is a species of tree fern native to Fiji and possibly Samoa, where it grows in wet forest. The trunk...
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  • Sphaeropteris elmeri, synonym Cyathea elmeri, is a species of tree fern native to the Philippines, Talaud Islands, and northern Sulawesi, where it grows...
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  • 1920 as Cyathea rosenstockii, and transferred to Sphaeropteris by Rolla Tryon in 1970. "Sphaeropteris rosenstockii (Brause) R.M.Tryon", Plants of the World...
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    Bernd (June 2019). "Sphaeropteris robusta". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Vol. 8. Retrieved 2019-08-23. "Sphaeropteris robusta (Bojer ex...
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  • lunulatum and transferred to Sphaeropteris by Rolla Tryon in 1970. List of endemic plants in the Mariana Islands "Sphaeropteris lunulata (G.Forst.) R.M.Tryon"...
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  • Sphaeropteris feani is a species of tree fern native to the Marquesas Islands and Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. In the Marquesas Islands Sphaeropteris...
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    Three tentative clades have been developed: Alsophila, Cyathea, and Sphaeropteris. These are frequently used as genus names. Cnemidaria, Trichopteris...
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  • Sphaeropteris squamulata, synonym Cyathea squamulata, is a species of tree fern native to the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the southern...
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    dealbata is preoccupied by Alsophila dealbata C.Presl (now a synonym of Sphaeropteris glauca). This fern is known to grow to heights of 10 metres (33 ft)...
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  • Sphaeropteris brunoniana, synonym Cyathea brunoniana, is a fern in the family Cyatheaceae. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (June 2019). "Sphaeropteris...
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  • as Alsophila costularis. World Ferns treats it in the genus Sphaeropteris as Sphaeropteris chinensis, although this combination had not been formally published...
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  • Alsophila albidosquamata, synonyms Cyathea albidosquamata and Sphaeropteris albidosquamata, is a species of tree fern native to the Maluku Islands, New...
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    morphological evidence that a system of three clades – Alsophila, Cyathea and Sphaeropteris was the most accurate reflection of evolutionary lineages within the...
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    indigenous forest tree fern (Gymnosphaera capensis) and the invasive Sphaeropteris cooperi from Australia. Further north, outside of South Africa, it coexists...
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    (a tree fern family) Gully tree fern Alsophila cunninghamii Mamaku Sphaeropteris medullaris Mountain tree fern Alsophila colensoi Silver fern or ponga...
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    Alsophila subdubia Alderw.) Sphaeropteris australis (C.Presl) R.M.Tryon (as Alsophila leichhardtiana F.Muell.) Sphaeropteris celebica (Blume) R.M.Tryon...
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    Alsophila grangaudiana and Alsophila celsa - and the alien non-indigenous Sphaeropteris cooperi which is introduced from its native Australia. In Réunion, they...
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    non-indigenous Sphaeropteris cooperi (syn. Cyathea cooperi), which has red and white scales on its new growth. The alien Sphaeropteris cooperi can be...
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