Gymnosphaera metteniana, synonymsAlsophila metteniana and Cyathea metteniana, is a species of tree fern native to the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, Taiwan, and southern China,[1] where it grows in wet forest, forest margins, and on hillsides. The trunk of this plant is erect, up to 1 m tall, and 6–10 cm in diameter. G. metteniana has tripinnatefronds that are 1–2.5 m long. The stipe is brown to purple-black in colouration. It is covered in long, broad-based scales that are usually bicoloured (glossy brown with a paler margin). Sori are round, lack indusia, and occur in two rows, one on either side of the pinnule midvein.[2]
gymnosphaera, metteniana, synonyms, alsophila, metteniana, cyathea, metteniana, species, tree, fern, native, ryukyu, islands, japan, taiwan, southern, china, where, grows, forest, forest, margins, hillsides, trunk, this, plant, erect, tall, diameter, mettenian. Gymnosphaera metteniana synonyms Alsophila metteniana and Cyathea metteniana is a species of tree fern native to the Ryukyu Islands Japan Taiwan and southern China 1 where it grows in wet forest forest margins and on hillsides The trunk of this plant is erect up to 1 m tall and 6 10 cm in diameter G metteniana has tripinnate fronds that are 1 2 5 m long The stipe is brown to purple black in colouration It is covered in long broad based scales that are usually bicoloured glossy brown with a paler margin Sori are round lack indusia and occur in two rows one on either side of the pinnule midvein 2 Gymnosphaera metteniana Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Division Polypodiophyta Class Polypodiopsida Order Cyatheales Family Cyatheaceae Genus Gymnosphaera Species G metteniana Binomial name Gymnosphaera metteniana Hance Tagawa 1951 1 Synonyms 1 Alsophila formosana Baker 1891 Alsophila lamprocaulos Christ Ching 1931 Alsophila metteniana Hance 1868 Aspidium lamprocaulon Christ 1906 Cyathea formosana Baker Copel 1909 Cyathea lamprocaulos Christ Ching 1949 Cyathea metteniana Hance C Chr amp Tardieu 1934 Dryopteris lamprocaulos Christ C Chr 1913 Gymnosphaera formosana Baker Copel 1947 The specific epithet metteniana commemorates pteridologist Georg Heinrich Mettenius 1823 1866 who named several Cyathea species 2 References edit a b c Gymnosphaera metteniana Hance Tagawa Plants of the World Online Retrieved 28 December 2023 a b Large Mark F amp Braggins John E 2004 Tree Ferns Timber Press p 223 ISBN 978 0 88192 630 9 nbsp This Cyatheales related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gymnosphaera metteniana amp oldid 1192277771, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
