Cyathea Sm.
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Cyathea Sm., Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. (Turin) 5: 416 (1793)
Cyathea Sm.
Nomenclature
Sm.
Sm.
1793
416
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Cyathea Sm.
genus
Cyathea
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Cyathea Sm.
Characters as given above. As here treated includes (indusium complete, covering sorus when young, persisting as a ± split cup surrounding sorus), 1810 (indusium incomplete, not covering sorus when young, at most half surrounding sorus), 1810 (indusium absent). The family is likely to be again split up on different lines.
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Etymology
From the Greek kyathos (a cup), a reference to the shape of the indusium in some species.
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1 January 2000
2 September 2015