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Cyathea

Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Cyatheaceae

Taxonomy
Cyathea was named by Smith (1793). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by I (2016).

It was assigned to Cyatheaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chandra and Tewari (1991), Chauhan (1991), Smith et al. (2003), Bera et al. (2014), I (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1793Cyathea Smith
1810Hemitelia Brown
1836Cnemidaria Presl pp. 16-18
1845Trichopteris Hall
1941Hemitelia MacGinitie
1970Trichopteris Andrews
1976Cyathea Lakhanpal et al.
1991Cyathea Chandra and Tewari
1991Cyathea Chauhan
2003Cyathea Smith et al.
2014Cyathea Bera et al.
2016Cyathea I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderCyathealesPryor et al. 1995
familyCyatheaceaeKaulfuss 1827
genusCyatheaSmith 1793

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Cyathea Smith 1793
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†Cyathea siwalika Bera et al. 2014
†Cyathea tchihatcheffi Schmalhausen 1879
Invalid names: Cnemidaria Presl 1836 [synonym], Hemitelia Brown 1810 [synonym], Trichopteris Hall 1845 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Holocene or 237.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (109 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Rhaetian237.0 - 201.4Russian Federation C. sp. 1 (30830)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7China (Nei Mongol) C. sp. 1 (29572)
Tithonian - Berriasian149.2 - 137.05Russian Federation C. sp. 1 (30676 30677)
Late/Upper Valanginian - Early/Lower Hauterivian137.05 - 125.77Canada (British Columbia) C. cranhamii (99179)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) C. inequilateralis (22996)
Graybullian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Cnemidaria magna (11364 11387 11474 11493)
Lostcabinian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Cnemidaria magna (11326 11327 11328 11344 11345 11354 11388 11464 11465 11467 11471 11481 11498)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Cnemidaria magna (28701 28702 28703 28704 28718 28720 28721 28731 28732 28734)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) Cnemidaria sp. (169358)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Hemitelia pinnata (23997)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Virginia) C. stavensis (231698)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) C. inequilateralis (22966)
Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Puerto Rico C. sp. (32288 32289 32290 32291 32293 32294 32299) Hemitelia sp. (32297)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) C. paleospora (167544)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Panama C. sp. (32334 32336 32337 32392 32393 32394 32395 32396 32397 32399 32400 32401)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98New Zealand C. type (169166 169167 169168)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Brazil (Bahia) Hemitelia branneri (32009)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Costa Rica Cnemidaria sp. (31168)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Bolivia C. sp., Cnemidaria sp. (34363)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3Panama C. sp. (32455)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Panama Cnemidaria sp. (32304) C. sp. (32311) C. sp., Cnemidaria sp. (32307 32310)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774India (Arunachal Pradesh) C. siwalika (224427)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Australia (Victoria) Cyathea indet. (172830 172832 172833 172836 172837 172855 172867 172868 172870 172871 172873 172874 172875 172876 172877 172878 172879 172880 172881 172882 172883 172884)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Australia (Tasmania) C. paleospora, C. sp. (166707)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) C. psilate (168893 168904 168918 168924) C. psilate, C. divertens (168822 168888 168889 168890 168891 168892) C. psilte, C. divertens (168819)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Panama C. sp., Cnemidaria sp. (32309)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) C. sp. (228848 228849)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) C. psilate, C. divertens (168896)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) C. psilate, C. divertens (168937)