Cyathea semiamplectens
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Cyathea semiamplectens is a species of tree fern
in North-eastern New Guinea
at 3300 to 3590 metres. Its trunk is 1 to 2 metres tall. The stipe
is covered by thin scales. The scales are either having a dark middle band and fragile edges or are pale all over. Frond
s are bi- or tripinnate and 1-2 m long.
Cyatheales
The order Cyatheales is a taxonomic division of the fern subclass, Cyatheatae, which includes the tree ferns. No clear morphological features characterize all of the Cyatheales, but DNA sequence data indicates that the order is monophyletic. Some species in the Cyatheales have tree-like growth...
in North-eastern New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
at 3300 to 3590 metres. Its trunk is 1 to 2 metres tall. The stipe
Stipe (botany)
In botany, a stipe is a stalk that supports some other structure. The precise meaning is different depending on which taxonomic group is being described....
is covered by thin scales. The scales are either having a dark middle band and fragile edges or are pale all over. Frond
Frond
The term frond refers to a large, divided leaf. In both common usage and botanical nomenclature, the leaves of ferns are referred to as fronds and some botanists restrict the term to this group...
s are bi- or tripinnate and 1-2 m long.