| Sphaeropteris lunulata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Cyatheales |
| Family: | Cyatheaceae |
| Genus: | Sphaeropteris |
| Species: | S. lunulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphaeropteris lunulata (G.Forst.) R.M.Tryon | |
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Sphaeropteris lunulata is a species of tree fern in the family Cyatheaceae, native from Sulawesi in Malesia and the Bismarck Archipelago in Papuasia to the western Pacific. It was first described by Georg Forster in 1786 as Polypodium lunulatum and transferred to Sphaeropteris by Rolla Tryon in 1970.
See also
List of endemic plants in the Mariana Islands
References
- ^ "Sphaeropteris lunulata (G.Forst.) R.M.Tryon", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-07-31
- Hassler, Michael (2004â2021), "Genus Sphaeropteris Bernh.", World Ferns. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 12.3, retrieved 2021-07-31
- Tryon, Rolla M. (1970), "The Classification of the Cyatheaceae", Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, 200: 22, retrieved 2021-07-31
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Sphaeropteris lunulata | |
| Cyathea lunulata | |
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