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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) and 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