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Sphaeropteris ledermannii

Family
Cyatheaceae (Cyathe family)
Grows as
Fern
Native range
New Guinea
Climate
wet tropical

About

Sphaeropteris ledermannii is a species of fern in the family Cyatheaceae, native to New Guinea. It was first described by Guido Brause in 1920 as Hemitelia ledermannii, and transferred to Sphaeropteris by Rolla Tryon in 1970.

Other Sphaeropteris plants

Alsophila costularis · Sphaeropteris propinqua · Sphaeropteris aeneifolia · Sphaeropteris brunei · Sphaeropteris brunoniana · Scaly tree fern · Sphaeropteris elmeri · Norfolk Tree Fern · Sphaeropteris feani · Sphaeropteris glauca · Sphaeropteris horrida · Sphaeropteris intermedia

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

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.

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