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Gymnosphaera schliebenii is a tree fern from the Uluguru and Ukaguru Mountains of Tanzania, growing on exposed ridges and forest edges at high elevation. It is a rare, wild species and is not widely grown, so care notes below are general guidance for cool, humid tropical fern conditions.
Gymnosphaera schliebenii, synonyms Alsophila schliebenii and Cyathea fadenii, is a species of tree fern endemic to the Uluguru Mountains in Tanzania, where it grows on exposed ridges and on the upper edge of montane forest at an elevation of 1700–2100 m. The trunk is erect, up to 4 m tall and 3–5 cm in diameter. Fronds are bipinnate. Characteristically of this species, the most basal pair of pinnae are reduced, often to veins alone.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gymnosphaera schliebenii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
