Object: Silver fern, Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.; syntype (possible) of Alsophila tricolor Colenso
Registration Number  P002480/A
Phylum  Embryophyta
Class  Ferns
Order  Cyatheales
Family  Cyatheaceae
Scientific NameType Status
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
Alsophila tricolor Colensosyntype (possible)
Identified By  Brownsey, Patrick
Identified Date  1979
Common / Maori name  Silver fern, Ponga, Kaponga, Kätote
Country collected  New Zealand
Region collected  North Island, Southern North Island
Precise locality  Hawkes Bay, Norsewood.
Collected By  Colenso, (John) William
Section  Plants

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