Cyatheaceae
Soft tree fern
Alsophila smithii
- Family
- Cyatheaceae
- Genus
- Alsophila
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Soft tree fern
- Māori
- Kātote
Synonyms
- Cyathea novae-zelandiae Domin
- Cyathea smithii Hook.f.
- Hemitelia microphylla Colenso
- Hemitelia smithii (Hook.f.) Hook.
- Hemitelia smithii var. microphylla (Colenso) Cheeseman
- Hemitelia stellulata Colenso
Photos
Photo: André Richard Chalmers, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Braggins, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Braggins, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.