Pentarhizidium orientale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 orientale, 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 Pentarhizidium intermedium be moved to a new genus.

References

    • Media related to Pentarhizidium orientale at Wikimedia Commons
    • The Plant List entry
    • Plants for a Future entry
    • "Pentarhizidium orientale". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
    • 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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