Cyathea smithii

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Cyathea smithii
Illustration of Cyathea smithii from The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pteridophyta Order: Cyatheales Family: Cyatheaceae Genus: Cyathea Subgenus: Cyathea Section: Alsophila Species: C. smithii
Binomial name
Cyathea smithii J. D. Hooker, 1854
Synonyms
Hemitelia smithii (J. D. Hooker) W. J. Hooker, 1865 Hemitelia stellulata Col., 1886 Alsophila smithii (J. D. Hooker) Tryon , 1970 (non Alsophila smithii Trevis., 1851; quae Alsophila glauca?)

Cyathea smithii, commonly known as the Soft Tree Fern or Katote, is a species of tree fern. Its natural distribution covers North Island, South Island, Stewart Island, and the Chatham Islands of New Zealand south to the Auckland Islands. It is common in montane forest, with populations from the southern regions of its range growing in lowland forest.

[edit] References

• Braggins, John E. & Large, Mark F. 2004. Tree Ferns. Timber Press, Inc., p. 260. ISBN 0-88192-630-2
• The International Plant Names Index: Cyathea smithii