Cyathea acrostichoides

Cyathea acrostichoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Pteridopsida
Order:	Cyatheales
Family:	Cyatheaceae
Genus:	Cyathea
Subgenus:	Cyathea
Section:	Alsophila
Species:	C. acrostichoides
Binomial name
Cyathea acrostichoides (Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh) Domin, 1930
Synonyms
Alsophila acrostichoides Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh, 1918

Cyathea acrostichoides is a species of tree fern native to the Maluku Islands and Western New Guinea, where it grows in forest and disturbed sites at an altitude of 650-1100 m. The trunk is erect and usually 1-3 m tall. Fronds are bipinnate and 1-2 m long. The stipe is slender and covered with spines. It is sparsely covered with medium brown scales. Sori cover most of the underside of fertile pinnules. C. acrostichoides lacks indusia.

References

• Braggins, John E. & Large, Mark F. 2004. Tree Ferns. Timber Press, Inc., p. 88. ISBN 0-88192-630-2
• The International Plant Names Index: Cyathea acrostichoides