Wakefield, N.A. (1942), A new species of Cyathea. The Victorian Naturalist 59(2): 33, & figs 1–5 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Mount Drummer (Karlo Creek and "The Spring"), February, 1941; and Combienbar (Bungywarr Creek), August, 1941; N.A. Wakefield."

Wakefield, N.A. (1953), Notes on Australian Pteridophyta. The Victorian Naturalist 70(1): 9 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Mt. Drummer, below "The Spring"; 2/2/1941, No. 96"

Tindale, M.D. (26 June 1956), The Cyatheaceae of Australia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 2(4): 347-349, Pl. 11.4 [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Cyathea medullaris (G.Forst.) Sw. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 708-709 misapplication: Cyathea medullaris (G.Forst.) Sw. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. (1925), Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters: 38-42, Pl. IV misapplication: Cyathea medullaris (G.Forst.) Sw. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 34

• Comment: Cited as Cyathea marcescens.

Holttum, R.E. (1964), The tree-ferns of the genus Cyathea in Australasia and the Pacific. Blumea 12(2): 254 [secondary reference]

Tryon, R. (1970), Contributions of the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 200: 37 [basionym]

basionym of: Alsophila x marcescens (N.A.Wakef.) R.M.Tryon legitimate

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 17 [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Cyathea medullaris (G.Forst.) Sw. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 34 vernacular name: Skirted Tree-fern [n/a]

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 68-69, Fig. 15f-h [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Alsophila x marcescens (N.A.Wakef.) R.M.Tryon legitimate common name: Skirted Tree-fern [n/a]

Bostock, P.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Cyatheaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 199, Figs 60, 63, Map 170 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Alsophila x marcescens (N.A.Wakef.) R.M.Tryon legitimate misapplication: Cyathea affinis (G.Forst.) Sw. legitimate by Hooker, W.J. & Baker, J.G. (1865), Synopsis Filicum 1: 27 common name: Skirted Tree fern [n/a]

• APC Dist.: Vic, Tas

Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1): 35 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Mount Drummer, Vic., 2 Feb. 1941, N.A.Wakefield 96 (lecto: MEL 2280035*"

Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1): 35 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Alsophila x marcescens (N.A.Wakef.) R.M.Tryon legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Alsophila x marcescens (N.A.Wakef.) R.M.Tryon legitimate pro parte misapplication: Cyathea medullaris (G.Forst.) Sw. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 708-709 pro parte misapplication: Cyathea medullaris (G.Forst.) Sw. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. (1925), Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters: 38-42, Pl. IV pro parte misapplication: Cyathea medullaris (G.Forst.) Sw. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 34 misapplication: Cyathea affinis (G.Forst.) Sw. legitimate by Hooker, W.J. & Baker, J.G. (1865), Synopsis Filicum 1: 27

• APC Comment: A reputed hybrid between Cyathea australis and C. cunninghamii (see P.D.Bostock in P.D.McCarthy (ed.), Fl. Australia 48: 199 (1998)).
• APC Dist.: Vic, Tas

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