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Sphaeropteris alternans (Hook.) R.M.Tryon

This species name was first published in Contr. Gray Herb. 200: 21 (1970)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000140310.

Synonyms of Sphaeropteris alternans (Hook.) R.M.Tryon

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Polypodium alternans Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 329 (1829) wfo-0000149187
Polypodium impuber Roxb. Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 494 (1844) wfo-0000149541
Amphicosmia alternans T.Moore Index Fil. (T.Moore) CIV (1857) wfo-0001226083
Hemitelia alternans Hook. Icon. Pl. 7: t.622 (1844) wfo-0001256175
Cyathea alternans (Hook.) C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. V(5): 347 (1848) wfo-0001256176
Cyathea lobbiana Hook. Syn. Fil. (Hooker & Baker) 24 (1865) wfo-0001256177
Cyathea sarawakensis Hook. Syn. Fil. (Hooker & Baker) 23 (1865) wfo-0001256178
Alsophila alternans (Hook.) Hook. Syn. Fil. (Hooker & Baker) 41 (1866) wfo-0001256179
Schizocaena alternans (Hook.) J.Sm. Hist. Fil. 244 (1875) wfo-0001256180
Alsophila janseniana Alderw. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg sér. 3, 5: 179 (1922) wfo-0001256181
Cyathea janseniana Domin Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 126 (1930) wfo-0001256182
Cyathea alternans var. Iobbiana (Hook.) Domin Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 126 (1930) wfo-1200102541
Cyathea alternans var. sarawakensis (Hook.) Domin Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 126 (1930) wfo-1200102542
Cyathea alternans var. serrata Ridl. wfo-1200102543