This subspecies is endemic to southeastern and southern Brazil. Plants are epipetric on sandstone rocks, in shady and moist habitats. The other subspecies (i.e., Alsophila capensis subsp. capensis) occurs in Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Java.
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- A. capensis – habit
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- A. capensis – habit
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- A. capensis – stem apex
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- A. capensis – skeletonized aphlebia
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- A. capensis – petiole cross section
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- A. capensis – petiole cross section
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- A. capensis – leaf abaxially
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- A. capensis – leaf adaxially
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- A. capensis – sori
Collection Data (F.B. Matos & C. Matos 2382)
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Cyatheaceae
- Genus: Alsophila R. Br.
- Species: Alsophila capensis J. Sm.
- Var./Subsp.: polypodioides (Sw.) D.S. Conant
- Common name(s):
General Collection Data
- Date: 21-X-2013
- Primary Collector & #: F.B. Matos & C. Matos 2382
- Collection Party:
- Det. History: F.B. Matos, X.2013
- Habitat: Araucaria forest
- Habit: Lithophyte
- Specimen Locations: NY, UPCB
Additional Comments
Collection Location
- Location: Garganta do Diabo – – Lages – Santa Catarina – Brazil.
- Coordinates: -27.856667, -50.146111
- Elevation: 980 m
