 |
|---|
| January 2008 at Mt. Tsukuba |
| Family | Polypodiaceae |
| Scientific name | Lepisorus thunbergianus (Kaulfuss) Ching |
| Synonyms | Pleopeltis linearis (Thunberg) Moore; Pleopeltis thunbergiana Kaulfuss; Polypodium lineare Thunberg; Polypodium thunbergianum (Kaulfuss) C. Christensen |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) noki-shinobu [shinobu hanging under the eaves (shinobu = Davallia mariesii)] |
| (English common name) weeping fern | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido (southern region), Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines | |
| Chromosomal number | n=25, 26, 2n=50, 52; n= 50, 52, 2n= 100, 102; 2n=75 |
| Description | Leaves 12-30cm length, 0.5-1.5cm width. Evergreen. Epiphyte on old trees or lithophyte on stone walls. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Lepisorus thunbergianus (Kaulfuss) Ching |
| Pleopeltis thunbergiana Kaulf. | |
| Compositions for curing diabetes mellitus, processes for the preparation of same, and usage of same (US Patent 5773004/1998) [wrongly described as "Lepisorus thunbergianm (Kaulf.) Ching" in the patent] |
|
|---|
| January 2008 at Mt. Tsukuba |
 |
 |
 |
|---|---|---|
| January 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
January 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
January 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
 |
 |
 |
|---|---|---|
| January 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
January 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
January 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
