Pentarhizidium orientale

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Pentarhizidium orientale
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Onocleaceae
Genus: Pentarhizidium
Species:
P. orientale
Binomial name
Pentarhizidium orientale
Synonyms
  • Matteuccia orientalis (Hook.) Trevis.
  • Onoclea orientalis (Hook.) Hook.
  • Pentarhizidium orientale (Hook.) Hayata
  • Pteretis orientalis Ching
  • Struthiopteris orientalis Hook.

Pentarhizidium orientalis, the Oriental ostrich fern, is a fern native to China, Japan, and the Himalayas. It grows to about 0.6 m (2 ft) in height by 0.6 m (2 ft) wide. It was formerly included in the genus Matteuccia, but phylogenetic studies mandated that it and be moved to a new genus.

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External links[]

  • Media related to Pentarhizidium orientale at Wikimedia Commons
  • The Plant List entry
  • Plants for a Future entry
  • "Pentarhizidium orientale". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
  • Efloras entry
  • Robert M. Lloyd, Facultative Apomixis and Polyploidy in Matteuccia orientalis, American Fern Journal, Vol. 63, No. 2 (Apr.–Jun. 1973), pp. 43–48. Published by the American Fern Society.
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