Species Cyathea capensis
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Etymology of Cyathea:
Gk. kyathos = a wine cup; referring to the cupshaped sori on the underside of the fronds.
Etymology of capensis:
From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. -ensis is a Latin adjectival suffix meaning “pertaining to or “originating in,” Thus these organisms were first discovered in the Cape. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South Africa or even Southern Africa
Scientific name:
Cyathea capensis (L. f.) Sm.
Common names:
Cape Tree Fern
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Unknown
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Protologue:
Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. (Turin) 5: 417 (1793)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1793
Shrub or tree with caudex to 4.5 m high, slender. Fronds arching, stipe paleate, lamina to 3-pinnatifid, to 2 m long, pinnule segments narrowly oblong, dentate, with bullate paleae along costules beneath. Sori 1 or 2 at base of each pinnule segment, indusium asymmetric. Moist forests in ravines, 350--1200 m, SW, KM, LB, SE (Cape Peninsula to Knysna and E Africa, Brazil).
Observations of Taxon
Cyathea capensis
Name of observer:
Richard Boon (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Cyathea capensis
Name of observer:
Anne Bean & Amida Johns (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Cyathea capensis
Name of observer:
Anne Bean & Amida Johns (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Cyathea capensis
Name of observer:
N Crouch, R Klopper, J & S Burrows (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Cyathea capensis
Name of observer:
N Crouch, R Klopper, J & S Burrows (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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