black tree fern
Cyathea medullaris
Summary 5
Cyathea medullaris, popularly known as the black tree fern, is a large tree fern up to 20 m tall. It is distributed across the south-west Pacific from Fiji to Pitcairn and New Zealand. It is called mamaku, katātā, kōrau, or pītau in the Māori language.
How to id 6
- Diamond pattern on trunk
- Stipe is dark almost black, covered in black scales with marginal spines
- Fronds arching upward, tripinnate,
- Dead fronds persistent on young plant, but fall on older specimens
Fontes e Créditos
- (c) Jon Sullivan, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollivan_jon/8691591509/
- (c) marystg, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), enviado por marystg
- Sem direitos reservados, enviado por Jaco Grundling
- (c) zealandia2, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC)
- Adaptado por Melanie Lapointe de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyathea_medullaris
- (c) Melanie Lapointe, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)
Mais informações
- BioDiversity4All taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- World Flora Online
