Cyathea rebeccae

Cyathea rebeccae (F.Muell.) Domin (1929) . 
Alsophila rebeccae F.Muell. (1865) – APC (2025) Comment: Treated as Alsophila rebeccae in Qld [including by the Qld gov't] .

Field et al. (2022) Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes botanical information system, 
quotation: " 

Distribution 

Endemic to NE QLD between Iron Range [Cape York Peninsula] and Shoalwater Bay [coastal central eastern Qld].

Habit and habitat

Terrestrial in rainforest in a wide variety of situations.
This is a common understorey tree-fern and forms colonies along roadsides in wet montane areas.

Natural history

This is a common species on roadside banks in rainforest.

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Botanical Scholarly Literature References:  

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2025):
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH):
Cyathea rebeccae (F.Muell.) Domin (1929) → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/91730/api/apni-format  .
Viewed: 2025 August 31st .

• Field Ashley R and P D Bostock, Queensland Herbarium (2025) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Alsophila rebeccae F.Muell. – "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Least Concern" .
Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government.
→ http://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-and-fungi-2024
Dataset Accessed: 2025 July 19th . 

• Field Ashley R, Chris J Quinn and Frank A Zich (2022)
Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes botanical information system and matrix key.:
Alsophila rebeccae fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/ferns/text/entities/alsophila_rebeccae.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/fern/
Australian Tropical Herbarium, Cairns;
Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra;
Identic, Brisbane.
Viewed: 2025 August 31st . 

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