Alsophila solomonensis
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| Alsophila solomonensis | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Cyatheales |
| Family: | Cyatheaceae |
| Genus: | Alsophila |
| Species: | A. solomonensis |
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| Alsophila solomonensis | |
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Alsophila solomonensis is a species in the family Cyatheaceae, commonly called tree ferns.
It forms a trunk that may reach as much as 4 m in height. The leaves are large, 2 to 3 m long, and may be bipinnate or tripinnate, double or triple divided. The pinnae, the leaflets forming the plant's feather like compound leaves, are up to 55 cm long, their stems smooth, glabrous, and suffused with a reddish tone below.[2][3]