Sphaeropteris
| Sphaeropteris | |
|---|---|
| Sphaeropteris cooperi in Blandys Garden, Madeira | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Cyatheales |
| Family: | Cyatheaceae |
| Genus: | Sphaeropteris Bernh. |
| Type species | |
| Sphaeropteris medullaris (Forster) Bernh. | |
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Sphaeropteris is a genus of tree ferns in the family Cyatheaceae. It has been treated as a subgenus within the genus Cyathea, but is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).