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Alsophila glaucifolia

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Alsophila glaucifolia
Growing near the village of la Plaine des Palmistes, Réunion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Cyatheales
Family: Cyatheaceae
Genus: Alsophila
Species:
A. glaucifolia
Binomial name
Alsophila glaucifolia
R.M.Tryon[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyathea glauca Bory

Alsophila glaucifolia, synonym Cyathea glauca,[1] is a species of tree fern endemic to Réunion. Little is known about this species.

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A. glaucifolia grows at higher altitudes (1,300–2,000 m (4,300–6,600 ft)), and it is one of three species of tree fern that are indigenous to Réunion island.

  • Alsophila celsa (syn. Cyathea excelsa) which also occurs in Mauritius, grows at slightly lower altitudes (200-1700m). Like A. glaucifolia, its leaves are tripinnate, but the new fronds of A. celsa are scaleless; those of A. glaucifolia have red-brown scales.
  • Alsophila borbonica (syn. Cyathea borbonica) is the only species with bipinnate fronds.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Alsophila glaucifolia R.M.Tryon". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2021-07-25.[dead link]
  2. ^ M. Glaubrecht (2010): Evolution in Action: Case studies in Adaptive Radiation, Speciation and the Origin of Biodiversity. Springer Science & Business Media. Science. p.13.
  3. ^ A revision of the fern family Cyatheaceae in the Mascarene Islands (2006)
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