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| Cyathea doctersii Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh, 1920 |
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Cyathea doctersii is a species of tree fern endemic to Sumatra, where it grows in forest at an altitude of approximately 150 m. In Scientific nomenclature, synonyms are different Scientific names used for a single Taxon. The order Cyatheales is a Taxonomic division of the Fern subclass Cyatheatae, which includes the tree ferns. Endemism is the Ecological state of being unique to a place Endemic species are not naturally found elsewhere Sumatra (also spelled Sumatera) is the sixth largest island in the world (approximately 470000 km² and is the largest island entirely in Indonesia (two The trunk is erect and 2-3 m tall. Fronds are bi- or tripinnate and 2-3 m long. A frond is a large Leaf with many divisions to it and the term is typically used for the leaves of palms Ferns or Cycads A frond is Pinnate is a term used to describe Feather -like or multi-divided features arising from both sides of a common axis in Plant or Animal structures and comes Pinnate is a term used to describe Feather -like or multi-divided features arising from both sides of a common axis in Plant or Animal structures and comes The stipe is covered with scattered flat, brown scales and some hairs. In Botany, a stipe is a supportive structure that may be the stem-like part of the thallus of a Seaweed or a true leaf stem as in Ferns In most biological nomenclature a scale ( Greek lepid, Latin squama) is a small rigid plate that grows out of an Animal Sori occur near the fertile pinnule midvein and are covered by thin, brown indusia that are scale-like in appearance. "Sori" redirects here For the commune in Italy see Sori Italy; for the villages in Azerbaijan see Soru and Sors Azerbaijan. SpecialShortpages.-- "Sori" redirects here For the commune in Italy see Sori Italy; for the villages in Azerbaijan see Soru and Sors Azerbaijan.
C. doctersii appears to be most closely related to Cyathea javanica. Cyathea javanica is a species of tree fern native to western Java and Sumatra, where it grows in rain forest and on riverbanks at an altitude Large and Braggins (2004) note that it may in fact be of hybrid origin between C. In Biology, hybrid has two meanings The first meaning is the result of interbreeding between two animals or plants of different taxa. javanica and a member of the Cyathea latebrosa complex. Cyathea latebrosa is a common and widespread species of tree fern native to Indochina.
The specific epithet doctersii commemorates botanist Willem Marius Docters van Leeuwen (1880-1960), who collected numerous plant species in Asia. An epithet (from Greek ἐπίθετον - epitheton, neut of ἐπίθετος - epithetos, "attributed added" is a
References
- Braggins, John E. & Large, Mark F. 2004. Tree Ferns. Timber Press, Inc. , p. 126. ISBN 0-88192-630-2
- The International Plant Names Index: Cyathea doctersii