Cyathea lurida
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Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Philippines (Philippines present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Malaysia present, Mindoro present, W. Java present
Malaysia: Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, W. Java, Philippines (Mindoro).
Notes
The type of Alsophila melanorachis Copel. from Mindoro agrees in all essential characters with C. lurida in Malaya. No specimens of C. lurida have been found in Borneo, so that there is a considerable gap in distribution.
A sterile specimen from a low altitude on limestone near Kuala Lumpur (J. BOEY 4, KLU) closely resembles this species but differs in pale brown stipe and rachis. Typical C. lurida occurs only on high mountain ridges.
A sterile specimen from a low altitude on limestone near Kuala Lumpur (J. BOEY 4, KLU) closely resembles this species but differs in pale brown stipe and rachis. Typical C. lurida occurs only on high mountain ridges.