Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XX. Cyatheaceae Author Lehnert, Marcus Author Kessler, Michael Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH- 8008 Zurich, Switzerland text Phytotaxa 2018 2018-01-16 334 2 118 134 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.334.2.2 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.334.2.2 1179-3163 13721436 Cyathea mucilagina R.C.Moran, Novon 1: 92. 1991 . Range: — Costa Rica and Panama ; Colombia to Bolivia (CO). Ecology: —Rare in understory of montane forests, along woodland streams and in protected gorges; 910 m in Bolivia , 400–1500 m elsewhere . Notes: —This species combines some rare characters among scaly tree ferns, i.e. green alate petioles and rachises that are hairy on both sides, mucilage covering unexpanded croziers and barely indurated petioles that are bendable like celery or rhubarb.