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.
Nomenclature
Hook.f.
Hook.f.
1854
8, t. 72
ICN
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
species
Cyathea smithii
Lectotype (selected by Brownsey & Perrie 2015b): New Zealand, W. Colenso No. 770, K! (photo WELT E466/7).
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Descriptions
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.
Taxonomic concepts
Alsophila smithii (Hook.f.) R.M.Tryon
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
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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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1 January 2000
19 March 2015