Family | Pteridaceae |
Scientific name | Onychium japonicum (Thunberg ex Murray) Kunze |
Synonyms | Caenopteris japonica (Thunberg) Thunberg; Cryptogramma japonica (Thunberg) Prantl; Darea japonica (Thunberg) Willdenow; Onychium chinense (Desvaux) Fee; Phorolobus chinensis Desvaux; Pteris japonica (Thunberg) Mettenius |
Common name | (Japanese common name) tachi-shinobu [standing shinobu (shinobu = Davallia mariesii)], kan-shinobu [winter shinobu] |
(English common name) cat's claw fern, carrot fern | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Fukushima prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnamu, Thailand, Malaysia, India | |
Chromosomal number | n=58, 2n=ca.116 |
Description | Leaves sporophylls 3-4 pinnate 60cm. Sporangia 5mm. Evergreen. |
April 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
April 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
October 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
October 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
October 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
October 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
October 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
October 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
October 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
October 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
October 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |