Cyathea assimilis
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Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sarawak present), Malaysia present, Mt Dempo present, S. Sumatra present
Malaysia'. S. Sumatra (Mt Dempo), Borneo (Sarawak).
Notes
The type collection of C. dulitensis was a small plant with largest pinnae only just pinnate at base; the later collection of Richards from the same locality has amply bipinnate fronds, agreeing in other characters, and probably re- presents the full development of the species. All specimens from Mt Dulit are much darker in all parts than those from elsewhere in Sarawak (e.g., the type of C. assimilis) and have a thicker lamina, but do not differ in other characters. The specimen from Mt Dempo in Sumatra is dark like those from Dulit.
The type collection of C. stipitulata is an unusu- ally small specimen, with pinnules 70 by 17 mm, costules 4½ nun apart and veins 6-7 pairs; it was found on Mt Matang, near Kuching, at 300 m.
In , the name C. ampla is wrongly given to a specimen of C. polypoda which has unusually wide pinnules; this latter species is quite exindusiate.
C. assimilis is closely related to C. philippinensis BAK. and appears to differ chiefly in the consistent- ly larger size of all parts of the frond.
The type collection of C. stipitulata is an unusu- ally small specimen, with pinnules 70 by 17 mm, costules 4½ nun apart and veins 6-7 pairs; it was found on Mt Matang, near Kuching, at 300 m.
In , the name C. ampla is wrongly given to a specimen of C. polypoda which has unusually wide pinnules; this latter species is quite exindusiate.
C. assimilis is closely related to C. philippinensis BAK. and appears to differ chiefly in the consistent- ly larger size of all parts of the frond.