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Cyathea smithii Hook.f.

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Cyathea smithii Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part II, 8, t. 72 (1854)
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Hook.f.
Hook.f.
1854
8, t. 72
ICN
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
species
Cyathea smithii
Named in honour of John Smith (1798–1888), curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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smithii

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Cyathea smithii Hook.f.

Caudex up to 8 m. tall or more and 30 cm. diam., sts forked, invested above with persistent pend. withered fronds, widened towards base by mass of rootlets. Stipes rather slender, 15-30 cm. long, asperulous, dark, grooved, densely clad at base in chestnut to pale brown subulate-attenuate paleae, c. 3 cm. long. Rhachis stout, pale yellowish green, finely muricate, ± paleate; at first densely clad in reddish hairs, later glabrate. Lamina 1-2 m. or more long, membr., soft, bright green above, paler below, 2-3-pinnate, oblong-lanceolate, acute to acuminate. Primary pinnae 15-40 × 5-10 cm., lanceolate-oblong, acute to acuminate, with strigillose costae. Secondary pinnae 3-6 cm. long, crenate-serrate, narrow-oblong, acute, subfalcate. Sori c. 1 mm. diam., cop., indusium hemispherical to nearly cup-shaped, on costal side of sorus.

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Alsophila smithii (Hook.f.) R.M.Tryon
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
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Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.

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Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
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Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
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Egmont-Wanganui
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
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Fiord
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
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North-western
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
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Ruahine-Cook

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typification
Lectotype (selected by Brownsey & Perrie 2015b): New Zealand, W. Colenso No. 770, K! (photo WELT E466/7).
Etymology
Named in honour of John Smith (1798–1888), curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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fdd4f588-4802-40b8-8525-0b2c5bb91d89
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
19 March 2015
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