Cyathea godmanii Domin
Descripción
Trunks to 10 m tall; stipes dark brown, muricate with small spines 1 mm or less long, densely clothed with large, pale, concolorous scales ca. 5 mm wide; blades 3–4 m long, tripinnatepinnatifid, pinnae nearly sessile, ca. 1 cm long, pinnules sessile, markedly reduced at pinna bases, broadest in the middle, ca. 2.5–3.2 cm wide, segments slightly ascending; rachises and costae with long, fine, lax hairs and conspicuous broad, pale scales, these ovate to ovate-lanceolate with finely fringed margins, scales varying to small and bullate, hairs on costules and major veins of surfaces; sori restricted to base of pinnulets (tertiary divisions), indusia absent, paraphyses longer than sporangia.A
Forma de vida
TerrestreA
Ejemplar revisado
Chis (Breedlove 22648, MEXU, 29657, NY, 31957, 35251, MEXU). Gro (Lorea 1691, 4535, FCME; Martínez S. 4238, ENCB, XAL; Wagenbreth 530, MEXU) Oax (Karwinski s.n., P, frag. F).
Unverified, Doubtful, or Mistaken Reports. Ver (reported by Mickel & Beitel, 1988, but not verified).
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Unverified, Doubtful, or Mistaken Reports. Ver (reported by Mickel & Beitel, 1988, but not verified).
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Elevación
1300 – 1900 mA
Tipo de vegetación
Bosque de neblina/mesófiloA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
This rare species is distinct by its broad pale scales on the abaxial blade axes.A