Cyathea × fagildei

Cyathea × fagildei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Pteridopsida
Order:	Cyatheales
Family:	Cyatheaceae
Genus:	Cyathea
Subgenus:	Cyathea
Section:	Alsophila
Species:	C. × fagildei
Binomial name
Cyathea × fagildei (Caluff & Shelton) —
Synonyms
Alsophila × fagildei Caluff & Shelton, 2002

Cyathea × fagildei is a tree fern endemic to the Sierra de Moa and Sierra del Purial in Guantánamo Province, Cuba. It is a natural interspecific hybrid between Cyathea minor and Cyathea woodwardioides. The spores of C. × fagildei are normal in appearance; Caluff and Serrano (2002) suggest that it might therefore be fertile.

The type material was collected in the headwaters of Río Toa, reserve of Cupeyal del Norte, Guantánamo Province at an altitude of 500 m on August 27, 1986.

References

• Caluff, M. G. & G. S. Serrano 2002. Cuban novelties in the genus Alsophila (Cyatheaceae). Willdenowia 32:303-309. ISSN 0511-9618
• The International Plant Names Index: Cyathea × fagildei