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| syn. Amphicosmia tahitensis ((W. D. Brackenridge) T. Moore), Cyathea affinis ((J. R. Forster) O. P. Swartz), Cyathea raiateensis ((J. W. Moore) F. R. Fosberg), Cyathea rapensis (E. B. Copeland), Cyathea tahitensis ((W. D. Brackenridge) K. Domin), Hemitelia durvillei (G. H. Mettenius ex F. A. Kuhn), Hemitelia raiateensis (J. W. Moore), Hemitelia tahitensis ((W. D. Brackenridge) G. H. Mettenius), Polypodium affine (J. R. Forster) |
| distribution: (within
Polynesia) Austral Islands: Rapa Cook Islands: Rarotonga Fiji: Vanua Levu, Viti Levu Marquesas: Fatu Hiva, Hiva Oa, Nuku Hiva, Tahuata, Ua Huka, Ua Pou Samoa: Savai'i (?) Society Islands: Huahine, Mo'orea, Ra'iatea, Tahiti |
| local name: balabala - Vanua Levu / Fiji mama'u (?) - Society Islands olioli - Samoa panga - Rarotonga / Cook Islands paoga - Samoa tuku'u - Marquesas |
 left:Alsophila tahitensis Photo: Kenneth R. Wood National Tropical Botanical Garden 3530 Papalina Road, Kalaheo HI 96741 USA http://www.ntbg.org |
| http://botany.si.edu/pacificislandbiodiversity/marquesasflora/index.htm |
| References: - Alan R. Smith; Kathleen M. Pryer; Eric Schuettpelz; Petra Korall; Harald Schneider; Paul G. Wolf: A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55(33): 705-731. 2006 - P. Korall, D. S. Conant, J. S. Metzgar, H. Schneider, K. M. Pryer: A Molecular Phylogeny of Scaly Tree Ferns (Cyatheaceae). American Journal of Botany, 94: 873–886. 2007 |