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Cyathea arborea  (L.) Sm.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 17939

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): West Indian treefern [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionPolypodiophytina   
                   ClassPolypodiopsida  – leptosporangiate ferns  
                      SubclassPolypodiidae   
                         OrderCyatheales  – tree ferns  
                            FamilyCyatheaceae   
                               GenusCyathea Sm. – treefern  
                                  SpeciesCyathea arborea (L.) Sm. – West Indian treefern  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Variety Cyathea arborea var. arborea (L.) Sm.  
                                     Variety Cyathea arborea var. pusilla Bosco  
                                     Variety Cyathea arborea var. regnellii Baker  
                                     Variety Cyathea arborea var. sternbergii (Pohl) T. Moore  
       

 References
       
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  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Checklist of CITES Species Part 1 CITES species index, CD-ROM (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: UNEP-WCMC (Comps.) 2011. Checklist of CITES species (CD-ROM). CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 2-88323-030-7. Available online at http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/pub/checklist11/index.html or from CITES Secretariat, Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Genève, Switzerland   
  Reference for: Cyathea arborea   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cyathea arborea   
       
  Source: Polypodiopsida of North America Update, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Cyathea arborea   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Cyathea arborea   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Cyathea arborea   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Large, Mark F., and John E. Braggins  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Tree Ferns   
  Page(s): 359   
  Publisher: Timber Press, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Portland, Oregon, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-88192-630-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cyathea arborea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Systematics and Evolution, vol. 54, no. 6   
  Page(s): 563-603   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1759-6831   
  Notes: doi: 10.1111/jse.12229   
  Reference for: Cyathea arborea   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
    South America  
    Middle America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Caribbean Territories, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Cyathea clade (Large and Braggins, 2004)  
    CITES: Appendix II under Cyathea, per 2011 Checklist of CITES Species Part 1 CITES species index published with amendments to the Appendices and changes in standard scientific nomenclature following the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Doha, 2010). For current status see CITES.org  
 

 

    

 
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