Cnemidaria grandifolia

Cnemidaria grandifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Pteridopsida
Order:	Cyatheales
Family:	Cyatheaceae
Genus:	Cnemidaria
Species:	C. grandifolia
Binomial name
*Cnemidaria grandifolia* (Willdenow) Proctor, 1961
Synonyms
Cyathea grandifolia Willdenow, 1810 Hemitelia grandifolia (Willdenow) Spr. ex Maxon , 1912 Cyathea minita Kaulfuss, 1824 Hemitelia obtusa Kaulfuss, 1824 Actinophlebia obtusa Presl, 1848 Cyathea obtusa (Kaulfuss) Domin, 1929 Cnemidaria kohautiana Presl, 1836 Hemitelia kohautiana (Presl) Kunze, 1844 Hemistegia kohautiana Presl, 1848 Cyathea kohautiana (Presl) Domin, 1929 Hemitelia obtusa var. kohautiana (Presl) Domin, 1929 Cyathea obtusa var. kohautiana (Domin) Domin, 1930

Cnemidaria grandifolia is a species of tree fern, whose natural distribution ranges from Trinidad and Tobago to the Paraguaná Peninsula in Venezuela. It grows at the edge of forests, on stream banks, and on mountainsides at an altitude of 300-1100 m.

References

Braggins, John E. & Large, Mark F. 2004. Tree Ferns. Timber Press, Inc., p. 74. ISBN 0-88192-630-2
The International Plant Names Index: Cnemidaria grandifolia

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