Onychium japonicum

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Onychium japonicum
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Growing in Japan
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Onychium
Species:
O. japonicum
Binomial name
Onychium japonicum
(Thunb.) Kunze, nom. cons. [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Allosorus capensisC.Presl
  • Asplenium japonicumKunze
  • Asplenium swartzianumKunze
  • Caenopteris japonica(Thunb.) Thunb.
  • Cryptogramma japonica(Thunb.) Prantl
  • Darea japonica(Thunb.) Willd.
  • Onychium capenseKaulf.
  • Onychium carvifoliumFée
  • Onychium chinenseFée
  • Pteris japonica(Thunb.) Mett.
  • Trichomanes japonicumThunb.

Onychium japonicum is a species of fern in the family Pteridaceae. [2]

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1784 by Carl Peter Thunberg as Trichomanes japonicum. [2] In 1825, Blume used the name "Onychium" for a genus of orchids, but this was illegitimate since it had been used in 1820 for the fern genus. [3] Blume also used the combination "Onychium japonicum" for an orchid (now Dendrobium moniliforme ). In 1848, Kunze transferred Trichomanes japonicum to the fern genus Onychium as Onychium japonicum. The name Onychium japonicum(Thunb.) Kunze is conserved against Onychium japonicumBlume. [1]

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References

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