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Gymnosphaera metteniana

Alsophila metteniana

Family
Cyatheaceae (Cyathe family)
Grows as
Tree, Fern

About

Gymnosphaera metteniana, synonyms Alsophila metteniana and Cyathea metteniana, is a species of tree fern native to the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, Taiwan, and southern China, where it grows in wet forest, forest margins, and on hillsides.

Other Gymnosphaera plants

Gymnosphaera annae · Gymnosphaera biformis · Gymnosphaera commutata · Gymnosphaera dimorpha · Gymnosphaera glabra · Gymnosphaera acrostichoides · Gymnosphaera andersonii · Gymnosphaera atropurpurea · Gymnosphaera baileyana · Gymnosphaera capensis · Gymnosphaera denticulata · Gymnosphaera gigantea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gymnosphaera metteniana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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