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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.
Brownsey, P.J.; Smith-Dodsworth, J.C. 2000: New Zealand ferns and allied plants. Edition 2. David Bateman, Auckland.
Names_Fungi record source Cyathea smithii Hook.f.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Hook.f.
Hook.f.
Hooker, J.D. 1854–1855: The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part II. Flowerless plants. Lovell Reeve, London.
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.
Lectotype (selected by Brownsey & Perrie 2015b): New Zealand, W. Colenso No. 770, K! (photo WELT E466/7).

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Cyatheales
Cyatheaceae
Cyathea
smithii

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is host of
Ascomycota
CHR (1 records from [Not available].) Link to an external page
is host of
Bazzania adnexa (Lehm. & Lindenb.) Trevis.
CHR (1 records from [Not available].) Link to an external page
is host of
Bazzania hochstetteri (Reichardt) E.A.Hodgs.
CHR (2 records from [Not available].) Link to an external page
is host of
Bazzania novae-zelandiae (Mitt.) Besch. & C.Massal.
CHR (1 records from [Not available].) Link to an external page
is host of
Calomnion complanatum (Hook.f. & Wilson) Lindb.
CHR (2 records from [Not available].) Link to an external page
is host of
Calomnion laetum Hook.f. & Wilson
CHR (1 records from [Not available].) Link to an external page
is host of
Catharomnion ciliatum (Hedw.) Hook.f. & Wilson
CHR (1 records from [Not available].) Link to an external page
is host of
Chiloscyphus helmsianus (Steph.) J.J.Engel & R.M.Schust.
CHR (1 records from [Not available].) Link to an external page
is host of
Chiloscyphus muricatus (Lehm.) J.J.Engel & R.M.Schust.
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is host of
Cryptopodium bartramioides (Hook.) Brid.
CHR (4 records from [Not available].) Link to an external page
is host of
Hymenodon Hook.f. & Wilson
CHR (3 records from [Not available].) Link to an external page
is host of
Hymenodon pilifer Hook.f. & Wilson
CHR (1 records from [Not available].) Link to an external page
is host of
Hymenophyllum scabrum A.Rich.
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is host of
Hymenophyton leptopodum (Hook.f. & Taylor) Steph.
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is host of
Leucobryum javense (Brid.) Mitt.
CHR (1 records from [Not available].) Link to an external page
is host of
Metzgeria furcata (L.) Corda
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is host of
Tmesipteris elongata P.A.Dang.
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is host of
Tmesipteris horomaka Perrie, Brownsey & Lovis
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is host of
Tmesipteris tannensis (Spreng.) Bernh.
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is host of
Trichocolea hatcheri E.A.Hodgs.
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is host of
Trichocolea mollissima (Hook.f. & Taylor) Gottsche
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is host of
Trichomanes venosum R.Br.
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is host of
Weymouthia mollis (Hedw.) Broth.
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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

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
Alsophila smithii (Hook.f.) R.M.Tryon
Brownsey, P.J.; Smith-Dodsworth, J.C. (2000)
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Cyathea novae-zelandiae Domin
Cyathea novae-zelandiae Domin
Webb, C.J.; Edgar, E. (1999)
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Brownlie, G. (1958)
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Cyatheaceae Kaulf.
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Brownsey, P.J.; Smith-Dodsworth, J.C. (2000)
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.

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Alsophila smithii (Hook.f.) R.M.Tryon
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Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
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Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
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Egmont-Wanganui
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Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
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Fiord
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Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
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North-western
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Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
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Ruahine-Cook
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Hemitelia smithii (Hook.f.) Hook. ex Hook. & Baker
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typification
Lectotype (selected by Brownsey & Perrie 2015b): New Zealand, W. Colenso No. 770, K! (photo WELT E466/7).
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2015: Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: types in the fern families Cyatheaceae, Dicksoniaceae and Loxsomataceae. New Zealand Journal of Botany 53(2): 124–128.
Etymology
Named in honour of John Smith (1798–1888), curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
19 March 2015
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