Index to
Ferns and Lycophytes of Japan

Family: Cyatheaceae ヘゴ科 > Genus: Cyathea Sm. ヘゴ属
GreenList Taxon ID: 173

Accepted name

Cyathea hancockii Copel.

クサマルハチ

Basionym and homotypic synonym(s)

Alsophila denticulata Baker, J. Bot. 23(268): 102, 1885, nom. illeg. BHL Tropicos
Cyathea hancockii Copel., Philipp. J. Sci., C 4(1): 37, 1909. BHL Tropicos
Dryopteris denticulata (Baker) Hayata, Gen. Index Fl. Formosan. 101, 1917, nom. illeg. BHL
Dryopteris hancockii (Copel.) Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 41(483): 74, 1927. Link Tropicos
Gymnosphaera denticulata (Baker) Copel., Gen. Fil. [Copeland] 98, 1947. Link Tropicos
Gymnosphaera hancockii (Copel.) Ching ex L.G.Lin, Fl. Fujianica 1: 179, 1982. Tropicos

Type information in the protologue:
W. Hancock (neighbourhood of Tamsui, at the northen extremity of the Island of Formosa, 1881)
Digitized type material:
Herbarium & Reg. No. Type status Collector & No. Locality Coll. date
K000061689Holotype?Hancock, W., #55Formosa, Tamsui1881
BM001039943IsotypeHancock, W., #55Formosa, Tamsui District1881-11
US00055259Isotype?Hancock, W., #55Formosa, Rocks near Huangkong volcano Western parts1881-11-27

Heterotypic synonym(s) and/or incorporated taxa (forma or lower)

Alsophila acaulis Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 28(336): 335, 1914 (original: 'pseudo-strigosa'). BHL Tropicos
Cyathea acaulis (Makino) Domin, Mem. Roy. Czech. Soc. Sci. 2: 262, 1929.

Type information in the protologue:
H. Yamamoto/Z. Tashiro/T. Makino (Prov. TOSA) [[MAK, 2 sheets]/[MAK, K]/[MAK 2 sheets (see Kato et al., 2022)] (syn)]
Designated type:
Lectotype - T. Makino (Sikoku. Yatsuka-mura, prov. Tosa, 1913.8) [TI] designated by H. Ito in Ind. Spec. Typ. Herb. Jap. 1, 1959.
Digitized type material:
Herbarium & Reg. No. Type status Collector & No. Locality Coll. date
K000061688IsosyntypeTashiro, Z., #s.n.Shikoku Prov. Tosa: Sanezaki; Hatsuka-mura, Hata-gun1913-8-17
MAK032574SyntypeT. MakinoTosa Prov., Hata Co., Hassoku Vill.1913-8-
MAK072777SyntypeH. YamamotoTosa Prov., Hata Co., Masaki1913-2-16
MAK120674SyntypeZ. TashiroTosa Prov., Hata Co., Hassoku Vill., Sanezaki1913-8-17
MAK120675SyntypeT. MakinoTosa Prov., Hata Co., Hassoku Vill., Sanezaki, upland of Tenmangu1913-8-20

Dryopteris taitunensis Koidz., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38(449): 107, 1924. Link Tropicos

Type information in the protologue:
U. Faurie 699 (Formosa: Taitun, 1903.5.7) [[KYO (holo), see Tagawa 1956]]

Information on ploidy level and reproductive mode

Chromosome number Ploidy level Reproductive mode Locality Remarks Reference
2n=1382xOwase, Mie Pref.Nakato 1989a (J. Jap. Bot. 64: 142-147)
2n=ca.1382xOkinawajima Isl., Okinawa Pref.Nakato 1989a (J. Jap. Bot. 64: 142-147)
2n=ca.2764xKannoura, Kochi Pref.Nakato 1989a (J. Jap. Bot. 64: 142-147)