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 zongoensis Lehnert, Amer. Fern J. 93(4): 172 (-175; fig. 2). 2003. Range: — Peru , Bolivia (LP). Ecology: —Rare in elfin forests and shrubby paramos; 3100 m . Notes: —Like Cyathea frigida (H.Karst.) Domin in the northern Andes, C. zongoensis often grows as a stunted trunkless plant in open paramo vegation, but can grow thick erect trunks to 3 m tall under more favorable conditions. Both species also have a peculiar rubbery laminar texture and very flexuous petioles and rachis, probably as adaptation to harsh cold winds.