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Flying Spider Monkey Tree Fern

Sphaeropteris lepifera

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Taiwan.January 145, February 152, March 191, April 252, May 202, June 106, July 127, August 113, September 86, October 160, November 116, December 126.
Taiwan1,776
China1,641
Taiwan Province1,639
New Taipei550
Taipei246
Yilan County189
Hsinchu County135
Taitung County132
Chiayi County80
Japan65

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassFerns · Polypodiopsida
OrderTree Ferns and Allies · Cyatheales
Familyscaly tree ferns · Cyatheaceae
GenusSphaeropteris

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Flying Spider Monkey Tree Fern with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.