Sphaeropteris glauca
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Cyatheales |
| Family: | Cyatheaceae |
| Genus: | Sphaeropteris |
| Species: | S. glauca
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Sphaeropteris glauca (common name pakong buaya) is a tree fern in the family Cyatheaceae. It is the largest tree fern in the East Indies and the Malay Peninsula sometimes being over 65 feet (over twenty meters) in height. Mature specimens have "curious multi-branched crowns".[1] Whether this branching is dichotomous or axil was not stated.
References
[edit]- ^ Large, Mark F.; Braggins, John E. (2004). Tree Ferns. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 115.
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