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Cyathea capensis

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Name

Identification
Cyathea capensis (L.f.) Sm. [family CYATHEACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Burrows, J.E.,
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Flora

Entry for Cyathea capensis (L.f.) Sm. [family CYATHEACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2005) Author: Peter J. Edwards
Names
Cyathea capensis (L.f.) Sm. [family CYATHEACEAE], in Mem. Acad. Turin 5: 417 (1793): Schelpe in F.Z. Pterid.: 74, t. 21d (1970); Holttum in K.B. 36 (3): 470 (1981); Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 88, fig. 87 (1990). Type: South Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Sparrmann s.n. (LINN 1251/61, holo.)
Information
This species has been reported from S Tanzania in Flora Zambesiaca, by Holttum in Kew Bulletin, and by Burrows in his Southern African Ferns; the editor believes all this is due because of the mention in Peter’s Flora von Deutsch-Ostafrika: 18 (1929). However, Peter only cites his own collection from Knysna (South Africa). This species has never been found north of Mt Mlanje.

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