Cyatheaceae

Cooper's tree fern

Sphaeropteris cooperi (Hook. ex F.Muell.) R.M.Tryon

Family: Cyatheaceae
Genus: Sphaeropteris

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Cooper's tree fern: Inferno in Blandys Garden, Madeira — Photo: Amanda Grobe, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Cooper's tree fern, Lacy tree fern, Scaly tree fern, Cooper's cyathea
Hungarian: Cooper-serlegpáfrány

Synonyms

Alsophila australis var. cervicalis F.M.Bailey
Alsophila australis var. excelsa (Endl.) F.M.Bailey
Alsophila australis var. pallida F.M.Bailey
Alsophila cooperi Hook. ex F.Muell.
Alsophila cooperi Hook. & Baker
Alsophila excelsa var. cooperi (Hook. ex F.Muell.) Domin
Alsophila hilliana F.Muell.
Cyathea australis var. cervicalis (Bailey) Domin
Cyathea australis var. pallida (Bailey) Domin
Cyathea brownii var. cooperi (Hook. ex F.Muell.) Domin
Cyathea cooperi (Hook. ex F.Muell.) Domin

Photos

Photo: Amanda Grobe, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Ewen Cameron; Barbara Parris; John Braggins, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ewen Cameron; Barbara Parris; John Braggins, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ewen Cameron; Barbara Parris; John Braggins, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ewen Cameron; John Braggins, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ewen Cameron; John Braggins, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ewen Cameron; John Braggins, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ewen Cameron; John Braggins, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ewen Cameron; John Braggins, CC BY 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.