Cyathea andina (H.Karst.) Domin (1929: 263)

Lehnert, Marcus, 2011, Species of Cyathea in America related to the western Pacific species C. decurrens, Phytotaxa 26, pp. 39-59 : 53

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.26.1.6
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scientific name	Cyathea andina (H.Karst.) Domin (1929: 263)
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27. Cyathea andina (H.Karst.) Domin (1929: 263) . Hemitelia andina Karsten (1856: 452) . Type:— COLOMBIA. Magdalena: Santa Marta, 2500 m, Karsten s.n. (holotype B, photo GH).

Hemitelia servitensis Karsten (1856: 451) . Type:— COLOMBIA. “Crescit in silvis humidis umbrosis Novo- Granatae Provinciae Cundinamarcae altitudine 2000 metr. inter Susumuco et Servita,” Karsten s.n. (holotype not located, W?, isotypes “Servita, Bogotá,” B [Herb. Mettenius], P, photo GH).

Hemitelia escuquensis Karsten (1869: 181) . Cyathea escuquensis (H.Karst.) Domin (1929: 263) . Type:— VENEZUELA. “Sinus Maracaibensis prope Escuque, 100 m,” Karsten s.n. (holotype not located, W?, probable isotype “ Escuque, Venezuela,” Karsten 28, B [Herb. Mettenius]).

Hemitelia joadii Baker (1891: 187) . Cyathea joadii (Baker) Domin (1929: 263) . Type:— COLOMBIA. Magdalena: Santa Marta, December 1863, Joad s.n. (holotype K).

Distribution and habitat: — Haiti, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, in humid forests between 400–1900 m.

Remarks: —Plants from the Guianas treated as Cyathea andina belong to a separate species, Cyathea boryana , which is easily distinguished by its pale brown to white petiole scales (vs. dark castaneous with narrow white margins in C. andina , Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 ).

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Polypodiopsida
Order	Cyatheales
Family	Cyatheaceae
Genus	Cyathea