Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:310873

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

Data Links

JSON

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WMS

To use WMS services, copy and paste the following GetCapabilities URL into your OGC client (e.g. uDIG, ESRI ArcGIS)
http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Cyathea australis
For higher taxa, this will give you a hierarchical listing of layers for each taxon.

RDF

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Further details

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Species presence: Recorded In Australia

Occurrence records map

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Source: Australian Plant Image Index
Image by: Fagg, M.

Description

Cyathea is a well known genus of tree ferns. There are about 800 species worldwide with around 15 native to Australia.

Cyathea australis is probably the most common tree fern encountered, as it occurs widely from coastal areas to the mountains. Old specimens can have trunks up to 10 metres high. ... source: Australian Native Plants Society (Australia)

Online resources

Australian Native Plants Society (Australia): Description, Distribution
Citizen Science: Images, Occurrence record
Customary Medicinal Knowledgebase: Morphology, Habitat, Author, Synonym
Encyclopedia of Life: Description, Video Page Url, Images
Flickr EOL: Images, Occurrence record
Morphbank: Images, Occurrence record
NatureShare: Images, Occurrence record
Plant NET Flora Online: Distribution Map
Wikipedia: Reference

Species Lists

Australian iconic species
Testing – Mr. Stewart’s listing of familiar native vascular plant taxa: Order: Cyatheales; Taxon Rank: species; Genus: Cyathea; Family: Cyatheaceae

Images

Australian Native Plants Society (Australia)

Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
Cyathea australis	Australian Plant Census

Synonyms

Synonyms	Source
Alsophila australis R.Br.	Australian Plant Census
Alsophila loddigesii Kunze	Australian Plant Census
Published in: Kunze, G. 1847, Pugillus tertius plantarum adhuc ineditarum seu in hortis minus cognitarum, quas annis 1843-1846, praeter alias alio loco descriptas v. describendas, coluit hortus botanicus Univers. Litterarum lipsiensis. Linnaea 20(1) 1-64
Alsophila australis var. glauca F.M.Bailey	Australian Plant Census
Published in: Bailey, F.M. 1912, Queensland Agricultural Journal 28
Cyathea loddigesii (Kunze) Domin	Australian Plant Census
Published in: Domin, K. 1929, The Pteridophyta of the Island of Dominica
Cyathea australis var. glauca (F.M.Bailey) Domin	Australian Plant Census
Published in: Domin, K. 1930, The species of the genus Cyathea. Acta Botanica Bohemica 9 85-174
Alsophila australis R.Br.	Australian Plant Census
Published in: Bentham, G. 1878, Flora Australiensis 7 1-806
Alsophila australis var. glauca F.M.Bailey	Australian Plant Census
Published in: Bailey, F.M. 1913, Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
Alsophila loddigesii Kunze	Australian Plant Census
Published in: Tindale, M.D. 1951, Notes on Three Australasian Ferns. American Fern Journal 41 97-106
Alsophila loddigesii Kunze	Australian Plant Census
Published in: Bailey, F.M. 1913, Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants

Common Names

Common name	Source
Rough Tree Fern Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Australian Plant Names Index Customary Medicinal Knowledgebase Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) Australian Plant Names Index
Black Tree-fern Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Customary Medicinal Knowledgebase

Working classification

kingdom: Plantae

Occurrence records

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Charts showing breakdown of occurrence records

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Record maps from other sources

Source: Plant NET Flora Online

Name references found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library

Name references found in the TROVE - NLA

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Cyathea australis (R.Br.) Domin

Rough Tree Fern