Family · Ferns & allies
Cyatheaceae
Scaly tree ferns
The dominant tree-fern family, with tall scaly trunks and huge fronds forming forest canopies.
- Accepted species
- 817accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 14accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈37 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Cyathea
- Alsophila
- Sphaeropteris
Genera
Cyathea333 spp.
Alsophila255 spp.
Sphaeropteris106 spp.
Gymnosphaera48 spp.
Dicksonia31 spp.
Plagiogyria15 spp.
Cibotium12 spp.
Metaxya6 spp.
Calochlaena5 spp.
Culcita2 spp.
Lophosoria1 spp.
Loxsoma1 spp.
Loxsomopsis1 spp.
Thyrsopteris1 spp.
Where it grows
- Southern America389
- Asia-Tropical278
- Africa71
- Pacific48
- Asia-Temperate36
- Australasia33
- Northern America24
- Europe1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Cyatheaceae sits in the order Cyatheales.