Cyathea atrocastanea, a new species of tree fern is described, illustrated, and compared with similar species. This new species should be classified as vulnerable (VU) according to the IUCN criteria.

Scientists have discovered a zombie tree that converts its leaves into roots as it dies. The Cyathea rojasiana tree fern, which is native to Panama in Central America, was studied by plant biologists ...

Other plants, including some ferns, send out leaves or shoots that touch the ground and sprout roots to sustain a new plant. But the Panamanian tree fern, Cyathea rojasiana, reconfigures its “zombie ...

Ordinarily, once a fern's leaf fronds have died, the plant has no further use for them. Such is not the case with the Cyathea rojasiana fern, though – a scientist has discovered that its dead fronds ...

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In a first, a tree fern has been selected as the flagship species of a national park in the state. Cyathea crinite is a species included on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species It grows in shaded ...

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Papua New Guinea (Southern Highlands Province): tender fronds eaten by the Wola people.

Papua New Guinea (Southern Highlands Province): tender fronds eaten by the Wola people.