Cyathea glauca

Cyathea glauca
Cyathea glauca growing near the village of la Plaine des Palmistes, Réunion.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Pteridopsida
Order:	Cyatheales
Family:	Cyatheaceae
Genus:	Cyathea
Subgenus:	Cyathea
Section:	Cyathea
Species:	C. glauca
Binomial name
Cyathea glauca Bory, 1804

Cyathea glauca is a species of tree fern endemic to Réunion. Little is known about this species.

C. glauca is not to be confused with Cyathea glauca (Fourn., 1872), a synonym of Cyathea mexicana.

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  Cyathea glauca growing under Acacia heterophylla in the forest of Bélouve, Réunion.

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  Detail of trunk and insertion of fronds.

References

• The International Plant Names Index: Cyathea glauca