Lygodium japonicum forma elongatum




Family Lygodiaceae (alt. Schizaeaceae)
Scientific name Lygodium japonicum (Thunberg) Swartz forma elongatum Altenwerelt van Rosenburgh
Synonyms (Synonyms of Lygodium japonicum (Thunberg) Swartz)
Hydroglossum japonicum (Thunberg) Willdenow; Lygodium chaerophylloides Desvaux; Lygodium dissectum Desvaux; Lygodium japonicum (Thunberg) Swartz var. macrostachyum Tagawa; Lygodium japonicum (Thunberg) Swartz var. microstachyum (Desvaux) Tardieu; Lygodium mearnsii Copeland; Lygodium microsachyum Desvaux; Lygodium microsachyum Desvaux var. glabrescens Nakai; Lygodium pubescens Kaulfuss; Lygodium tenue Blume; Ophioglossum japonicum Thunberg
Common name (Japanese common name) nagaba-kani-kusa [long leaved crab weed]
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Okinawa
(Other nations) none
Chromosomal number 2n=58
Description Plants creeping, over 200cm lengs Summergreen (sometimes evergreen). Vine. Perennial plants.
Reference Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw.
Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw.
Japanese Climbing Fern - Lygodium japonicum
Lygodium Swartz (Lygodiaceae)
Hygienic bag and preparation thereof (US Patent 6123946/2000)
Orally available light-independent antineoplastic compounds (WIPO Patent WO/2008/002460)
Note Many authors describe that Lygodium japonicum (Thunberg) Swartz forma elongatum Altenwerelt van Rosenburgh is a synonym of Lygodium japonicum (Thunberg) Swartz.



January 2008
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
January 2008
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden