''Alsophila batjanensis'',
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''Cyathea batjanensis'',
[ is a species of tree fern native to the Maluku Islands and western New Guinea, where it grows in rain forest at an altitude of approximately 600 m. The trunk is erect and 2–3 m tall. Fronds are bi- or tripinnate and 1–2 m long. The stipe is spiny, warty and covered with scattered ]scale
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s that are dark brown and have fragile edges. Sori are round and occur near the fertile pinnule midvein. They are covered by small, narrow indusia that resemble small saucers in appearance.[
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''batjanensis'' refers to Batjan, known as Bacan
The Bacan Islands, formerly also known as the Bachans, Bachians, and Batchians, are a group of islands in the Moluccas in Indonesia. They are mountainous and forested, lying south of Ternate and southwest of Halmahera. The islands are administe ...
in English, one of the larger of the Maluku Islands.[
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References
batjanensis
Flora of the Maluku Islands
Flora of Western New Guinea
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