Gymnosphaera podophylla

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| image = Cyathea podophylla.jpg

| image_caption = Illustration from A Second Century of Ferns

| genus = Gymnosphaera

| species = podophylla

| authority = (Hook.) Copel. (1947)

| synonyms =

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|Alsophila kohchangensis|C.Chr. (1916)

|Alsophila podophylla|Hook. (1857)

|Alsophila rheosora|Baker (1890)

|Cyathea kohchangensis|Domin (1929)

|Cyathea podophylla|(Hook.) Copel. (1909)

|Cyathea rheosora|Copel. (1909)

|Dryopteris subconjuncta|Christ (1910)

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| synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17397240-1 Gymnosphaera podophylla (Hook.) Copel.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 December 2023.

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Gymnosphaera podophylla, synonyms Alsophila podophylla and Cyathea podophylla, is a widespread species of tree fern native to southern China, Hainan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, the Ryukyu Islands, and Japan. It grows in forest by streams and in ravines at elevations of 600–1000 m.