Dryopteris varia




Family Dryopteridaceae
Scientific name Dryopteris varia (L.) Kuntze
Synonyms Aspidium lacerum var. subtripinnatum Franchet & Savatier; Aspidium opacum (Hooker) Bentham; Aspidium varium Swartz; Dryopteris caudifolia Ching & P. C. Chiu; Dryopteris fuyangensis Ching & P. C. Chiu; Dryopteris glabrescens Ching & P. S. Chiu ex K. H. Shing & J. F. Cheng; Dryopteris hololepis (Hayata) Tagawa; Dryopteris lingii Ching; Dryopteris matsuzoana Koidzumi; Dryopteris ogawae H. Itô; Dryopteris sinovaria Ching & Z.Y. Liu; Dryopteris yabei Hayata; Dryopteris yabei Hayata forma ogawae (H. Itô) H. Itô; Dryopteris yabei Hayata var. hololepis (Hayata) H. Itô; Dryopteris yabei Hayata var. matsuzoana (Koidz.) H. Itô; Dryopteris yabei Hayata var. ogawae (H. Itô) H. Itô; Lastrea opaca Hooker; Lastrea varia T. Moore; Nephrodium coriaceum C. Hope; Nephrodium filix-mas (L.) Strempel forma subtripinnata (Franchet & Savatier) Matsumura; Nephrodium varium C. Presl; Nephrodium villosum (L.) C. Presl var. opaca (Hooker) Hieronymus; Polypodium varium L.; Polystichum hololepis Hayata; Polystichum varium (L.) C. Presl; Polystichum varium (L.) C. Pres var. subtripinnatum (Franchet & Savatier) Nakai
Common name (Japanese common name) nankai-itachi-shida (ナンカイイタチシダ, 南海鼬羊歯 [meaning: southern sea weasel fern])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (mainly in Tokai region and Kinki region), Kyushu
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand, Indochina, India
Chromosomal number n=123 (3x)
Description Leaves 30-60cm long, 20-40cm wide. Evergreen. Terrestrial. Perennial plants.
Reference  Dryopteris varia (L.) Kuntze
Electrophoretic variation of the apogamousDryopteris varia group (Dryopteridaceae)
Paraphyly of Cyrtomium (Dryopteridaceae): evidence from rbcL and trnL-F sequence data
A Note on the Reproductive Type and the Distribution of Cyrtomium falcatum, s.l., Dryopteris varia var. saxifraga, and var. setosa in Aomori Prefecture, Japan



September 2008
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
September 2008
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
September 2008
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden