Cyathea latipinnula

Cyathea latebrosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Pteridopsida
Order:	Cyatheales
Family:	Cyatheaceae
Genus:	Cyathea
Subgenus:	Cyathea
Section:	Alsophila
Species:	C. latipinnula
Binomial name
Cyathea latipinnula Copeland, 1911
Synonyms
Alsophila latipinnula (Copeland) Tryon, 1970

Cyathea latipinnula is a species of tree fern native to the Philippines, where it grows in ridge forest at an altitude of about 1400 m. The trunk of this plant is erect and grows to 1-2 m in height and 10 cm in diameter. Fronds may be bi- or tripinnate and 1-2 m in length. The stipe is spiny and bears a few narrow, brown basal scales. Sori are borne near the fertile pinnule midvein and are protected by small, dark indusia.

References

• Braggins, John E. & Large, Mark F. 2004. Tree Ferns. Timber Press, Inc., p. 152. ISBN 0-88192-630-2
• The International Plant Names Index: Cyathea latipinnula