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The genus Cyathea is in the family Cyatheaceae in the major group Pteridophytes (Ferns and fern allies).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cyathea

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Cyathea acrostichoides (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea acutidens (H. Christ) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea acutula (R.M. Tryon) Janssen & Rakotondr.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea aeneifolia (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea affinis (G. Forst.) Sw.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea alata (E. Fourn.) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea allocota (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea alsophila (Link) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea alsophiliformis (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea alticola (Tardieu) Tindale	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea alutacea (Kunze) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea amaiambitensis (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea amazonica (Linden) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea amboinensis (Alderw.) Merr.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea andina (H. Karst.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea andohahelensis (Tardieu) Tindale	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea angiensis (A. Gepp) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea annae (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea apiculata (Rosenst.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea appendiculata Baker	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea approximata Bonap.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea aquilina (H. Christ) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea assurgens R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea atahuallpa (R.M. Tryon) Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea aterrima (Hook.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea atrovirens (Langsd. & Fisch.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea auriculata Tardieu	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea austrosinica H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea axillaris (Fée) Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea baileyana (Domin) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea barisanica (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea barringtonii A.R. Sm. ex Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea batjanensis (H. Christ) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea benculensis (Alderw.) Alderw.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea bicrenata Liebm.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea bipinnata (R.M. Tryon) R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea bipinnatifida (Baker) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea boivinii Mett. ex Kuhn	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea borbonica Desv.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea bradei (P.G. Windisch) Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea brevifoliolata (Alderw.) Alderw.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea brunnea (Brause) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea brunnescens (Barrington) R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea brunonis (J. Sm. ex Hook.) Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea bryophila (R.M. Tryon) Proctor	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea bullata (Baker) Rakotondr.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea burbidgei (Baker) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea buruensis (Rosenst.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea calocoma (H. Christ) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea calolepis (Hook.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea camerooniana Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea capensis Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea caracasana (Klotzsch) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea caudata (Hook.) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea caudiculata (Rosenst.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea caudipinnula (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea chinensis Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea clementis (Copel.) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea colensoi (Hook. f.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea concava Bonap.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea concordia B. León & R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea confluens (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea conformis (R.M. Tryon) Stolze	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea conjugata (Spruce ex Hook.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea consimilis (Stolze) Lehnert	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea contaminans (Wall. ex Hook.) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea corallifera Sodiro	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea corcovadensis (Raddi) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea costaricensis (Mett. ex Kuhn) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea costularis Bonap.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea coursii (Tardieu) Rakotondr.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea cyatheoides (Desv.) K.U. Kramer	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea cyclodium (R.M. Tryon) Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea cyclodonta (H. Christ) Alderw.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea darienensis R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea decomposita (Karsten) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea decorata (Maxon) R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea decrescens Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea decurrens (Hook.) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea delgadii Sternb.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea demissa (C.V. Morton) A.R. Sm. ex Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea dichromatolepis (Fée) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea dimorpha (H. Christ) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea dissimilis (C.V. Morton) Stolze	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea dissitifolia (Baker) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea divergens Kunze	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea dombeyi (Desv.) Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea dregei Kunze	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea dudleyi R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea ebenina H. Karst.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea elmeri (Copel.) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea falcata (Kuhn) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea fallax (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea fenicis Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea frigida (H. Karst.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea fuliginosa (H. Christ) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea fulva (M. Martens & Galeotti) Fée	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea gibbosa (Klotzsch) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea gigantea (Wall. ex Hook.) Holttum	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea glabra (Blume) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea glabrescens (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea glaucophylla (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea godmanii (Hook.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea gracilis Griseb.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea gregaria (Brause) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea hainanensis Ching in Ching & C. H. Wang	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea hancockii Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea haughtii (Maxon) R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea heliophila R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea hemiepiphytica R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea heteromorpha (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea heterophylla (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea hirsuta C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea holdridgeana Nisman & L.D. Gómez	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea horridipes (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea humbertiana (C. Chr.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea impar R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea indrapurae (Alderw.) Alderw.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea intermedia (Mett.) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea intramarginalis (P.G. Windisch) Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea ivohibensis (C. Chr.) Janssen & Rakotondr.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea janseniana (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea junghuhniana (Kunze) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea kalbreyeri (Baker) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea kenepaiana (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea lasiosora Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea lastreoides (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea latebrosa (Wall. ex Hook.) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea latevagans (Baker) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea lechleri Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea lepidoclada (H. Christ) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea lepifera (J. Sm. ex Hook.) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea leptochlamys Baker	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea leptolepia (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea leucolepismata Alston	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea × lewisii (C.V. Morton & Proctor) Proctor	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea liesneri A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea ligulata Baker	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea lindigii (Baker) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea lockwoodiana (P.G. Windisch) Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea loheri H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea longipinnata Bonap.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea lunulata (G. Forst.) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea lurida (Blume) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea macgillivrayi (Baker) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea macrocarpa (C. Presl) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea macrosora (Baker ex Thurn) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea madagascarica Bonap.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea manilensis (C. Presl) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea manniana Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea marattioides Willd.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea margarethae (H.E. Schroet. ex H. Christ) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea marginalis (Klotzsch) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea marginata (Brause) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea melanocaula Desv.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea melleri (Baker) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea merapiensis (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea mertensiana (Kunze) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea metteniana (Hance) C. Chr. & Tardieu	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea microdonta (Desv.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea mildbraedii (Brause) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea modesta (Baker) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea mucilagina R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea multiflora Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea myosuroides (Liebm.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea nanna (Barrington) Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea naumannii (Kuhn) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea neblinae A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea nesiotica (Maxon) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea nigrescens (Hook.) J. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea nigripes (C. Chr.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea nodulifera R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea notabilis Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea obscura (Scort. ex Bedd.) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea okiana (Alderw.) Alderw.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea olivacea (Brause) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea orientalis (Kunze) Moore	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea orthogonalis Bonap.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea palaciosii R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea palembanica (Alderw.) Alderw.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea pallescens (Sodiro) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea paraphysophora (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea parianensis (P.G. Windisch) Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea parvifolia Sodiro	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea parvula (Jenman) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea pauciflora (Kuhn) Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea peladensis (Hieron.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea perpunctulata (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea perrieriana C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea persquamulata (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea persquamulifera (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea petiolata (Hook.) R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea phalaenolepis (C. Chr.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea phalerata Mart.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea pilosissima (Baker) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea pinnula (H. Christ) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea platylepis (Hook.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea podophylla (Hook.) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea poeppigii (Hook.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea poolii (C. Chr.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea povedae A. Rojas	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea praeceps A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea pseudogigantea Ching & S.H. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea pseudonanna (L.D. Gómez) Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea punctulata (Alderw.) Alderw.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea pungens (Willd.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea pustulosa (H. Christ) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea rebeccae (F. Muell.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea recurvata (Brause) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea reducta (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea reginae (P.G. Windisch) A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea remotifolia Bonap.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea retanae A. Rojas	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea ridleyi (Baker) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea robertsiana (F. Muell.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea rubiginosa (Brause) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea rudimentaris (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea rufa (Fée) Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea ruiziana Klotzsch	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea rumphiana (Alderw.) Merr.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea salticola (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea sangirensis (H. Christ) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea saparuensis (Alderw.) Alderw.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea scaberula (H. Christ) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea scaberulipes (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea scandens (Brause) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea schiedeana (C. Presl) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea schlimii (Kuhn) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea senilis (Klotzsch) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea serratifolia Baker	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea × sessilifolia (Jenman) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea sherringii (Jenman) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea similis C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea simplex R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea simulans (Baker) Janssen & Rakotondr.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea singalanensis (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea sipapoensis (R.M. Tryon) Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea speciosa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea spinifera (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea spinulosa Wall. ex Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea squamata (Klotzsch) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea squamipes H. Karst.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea squamulata (Blume) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea squamulosa (I. Losch) R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea squarrosa (Rosenst.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea steyermarkii R.M. Tryon	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea stolzei A.R. Sm. ex Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea straminea (A. Gepp) Alderw.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea subcomosa (C. Chr.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea subconfluens (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea subdubia (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea subincisa (Kunze) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea subobscura (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea subulata (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea suprastrigosa (H. Christ) Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea surinamensis (Miq.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea tenera (Hook.) T. Moore	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea tenggerensis (Rosenst.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea thysanolepis (Barrington) A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea tomentosa (Blume) Zoll. & Moritzi	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea tonglonensis (Alderw.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea tortuosa R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea traillii (Baker) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea trichiata (Maxon) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea trichodesma (Scort.) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea tryonorum (Riba) Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea tsaratananensis C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea tsilotsilensis Tardieu	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea uleana (Samp.) Lehnert	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea ulei (H. Christ) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea ursina (Maxon) Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea valdecrenata Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea venezuelensis A.R. Sm. ex Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea viguieri Tardieu	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea villosa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea vitiensis (Carruth.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea wallacei (Mett.) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea weatherbyana (C.V. Morton) C.V. Morton	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea wendlandii (Mett. ex Kuhn) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea wengiensis (Brause) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea werffii R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea williamsii (Maxon) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea × wilsonii (Hook.) Domin	Accepted		TRO
Cyathea xantholepis (H. Christ ex Diels) Domin	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 1,212 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cyathea. Of these 284 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 49 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cyathea. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 1,212 species names for the genus Cyathea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	284	23.4%
◕	Synonym	282	23.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	646	53.3%

All names

The status of the 1,261 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cyathea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	298	23.6%
◕	Synonym	313	24.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	650	51.5%

The confidence with which the status of the 1,212 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cyathea, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	284	282	0	0	566	46.7%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	646	646	53.3%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Cyathea, are as follows: