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Taxon: Cyathea cooperi (Hook. ex F. Muell.) Domin

Genus: Cyathea
Family: Cyatheaceae.
Nomen number: 410494
Place of publication: Pteridophyta 262. 1929
Name verified on: 02-Apr-1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 05-Mar-2003
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

SPECIES OF CONSERVATION CONCERN BECAUSE RARE OR ENDANGERED

Species on the following lists:


Common names:

  • Australian tree fern   (Source: Ferns Amer Gard ) – English
  • highland lace   (Source: Amer Fern J 102:69.) – English
  • straw tree fern   (Source: F NSWales ) – English

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AUSTRALASIA
    Australia: Australia - New South Wales [e.], Queensland [e.]

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • AUSTRALASIA
    Australia: Australia [natzd. elsewhere]
  • PACIFIC
    North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii

      Cultivated:
  • EUROPE
    Europe
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    United States

References:

  • CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. [= Sphaeropteris cooperi (Hook. ex F. Muell.) R. M. Tryon].
  • George, A. S., ed. 1980–. Flora of Australia.
  • Harden, G. J., ed. 1990–1993. Flora of New South Wales.
  • Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  • Mickel, J. T. 1994. Ferns for American gardens.
  • Palmer, D. D. 2003. Hawai‘i's ferns and fern allies. [= Sphaeropteris cooperi (Hook. ex F. Muell.) R. M. Tryon].
  • Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
  • Yansura, D. G. & B. J. Hoshizaki. 2012. The tree fern Highland Lace is a cultivar of Sphaeropteris cooperi. Amer. Fern J. 102:69–77.
More:

Synonyms:


Check other web resources for Cyathea cooperi (Hook. ex F. Muell.) Domin:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
  • AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
  • ABRS: Australian Biological Resources Study Flora of Australia online
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?410494 (22 May 2013)

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