Cyathea squamulata

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Cyathea squamulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Order: Cyatheales
Family: Cyatheaceae
Genus: Cyathea
Subgenus: Sphaeropteris
Section: Sphaeropteris
Species: C. squamulata
Binomial name
Cyathea squamulata
(Blume) Copeland, 1909
Synonyms
  • Gymnosphaera squamulata Blume, 1828
  • Alsophila squamulata Wallich, 1829
  • Athyrium squamulata Presl, 1836 ex err.
  • Cystopteris squamulata Presl, 1836
  • Alsophila squamulata (Blume) W. J. Hooker, 1866
  • Sphaeropteris squamulata (Blume) Tryon, 1970
  • Polypodium comosum Wallich, 1828
  • Alsophila comosa Wallich, 1829 (non Alsophila comosa Scott, 1874; quae Cyathea khasyana, non Alsophila comosa C. Christensen, 1897; quae Cyathea elmeri)
  • Alsophila sp. 1 Blume, 1844
  • Cyathea ridleyi Copeland, 1909
  • Cyathea brooksii Copeland, 1911 (non Cyathea brooksii Maxon, 1909)
  • Alsophila sarawakensis C. Christensen, 1913
  • Cyathea deuterobrooksii Copeland, 1929
  • Cyathea glabrescens Domin, 1930
  • Cyathea xanthina Domin, 1930

Cyathea squamulata is a species of tree fern native the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the southern Philippines, including the Sulu Archipelago, where it grows in forest from the lowlands to an altitude of about 1500 m. The trunk is erect and up to 2 m tall. Fronds are pinnate or bipinnate and approximately 1.5 m long. The stipe is covered in densely packed firm, medium brown scales. Sori occur near the fertile pinnule midvein and lack indusia.

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