Cyathea holdridgeana
Species of fern
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Cyathea holdridgeana, synonym Cyathea albomarginata, is a species of tree fern native to Panama and Costa Rica.[1] It grows in wet forests at elevations of 2400–2800 m, considerably higher than most other tree ferns of Central America.
| Cyathea holdridgeana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Cyatheales |
| Family: | Cyatheaceae |
| Genus: | Cyathea |
| Species: | C. holdridgeana |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyathea holdridgeana Nisman & L.D.Gómez[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cyathea holdridgeana is a small tree with a trunk up to 50 cm tall. Petiole purplish-brown with white margins, scaly but not spiny; scales (= modified appendages attached to the margins of the petioles) bicolored, dark purple in the center but white along the margins; dead scales appearing totally white. Leaves bipinnate; pinnulae 10–12 cm long[2][3][4][5]
