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Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.

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Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 94 (1801)
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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(G.Forst.) Sw.
G.Forst.
Sw.
1801
94
ICN
species
Cyathea dealbata

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dealbata

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Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.

Caudex up to 10 m. tall with basal diam. 45 cm., us. smaller; bases of stipites long-persistent. Stipes rather stout, ± 4 cm. diam. near base; paleae shining dark brown, c. 5 cm. long; hairs yellow-brown, cop., deciduous. Lamina up to 3 × 1 m. or more, 2-3-pinnate; subcoriac., attenuate; dark green above. Juvenile plants with lamina pale green below; subsequent fronds becoming patched with white to glaucous bloom below; adult plants with lamina almost completely white or glaucous below. Primary pinnae 30-50 cm. long, oblong-acuminate; secondary up to 10 cm. or more, oblong-lanceolate, attenuate. Tertiary pinnae or segs up to 15 mm. long, subfalcate, subacute to acute, crenate-serrate in upper half, margins slightly recurved, veinlets free. Sori us. cop., globose, c. 1 mm. diam. (may be present on only partly dealbate fronds). Indusium thin, at first covering sorus, persisting as a shallow cup.

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Alsophila tricolor (Colenso) R.M.Tryon
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.

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Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
[Not available]
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
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Egmont-Wanganui
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
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Ruahine-Cook
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
[Not available]
South Otago

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e46c7c6c-6a08-4832-a4fa-0e46713b1d42
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
2 September 2015
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