Biology:Pentarhizidium orientale

Short description: Species of fern

Pentarhizidium orientale
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Aspleniineae
Family:	Onocleaceae
Genus:	Pentarhizidium
Species:	P. orientale
Binomial name
Pentarhizidium orientale (Hook.) Hayata
Synonyms
Matteuccia orientalis (Hook.) Trevis. Onoclea orientalis (Hook.) Hook. Pentarhizidium orientale (Hook.) Hayata Pteretis orientalis Ching Struthiopteris orientalis Hook.

Pentarhizidium orientale, the Oriental ostrich fern, is a fern native to China , Japan , and the Himalayas. It grows to about 0.6 m (2 ft) in height by 0.6 m (2 ft) wide. It was formerly included in the genus Matteuccia, but phylogenetic studies mandated that it and Pentarhizidium intermedium be moved to a new genus.

External links

• The Plant List entry
• Plants for a Future entry
• {{citation

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• Efloras entry
• Robert M. Lloyd, Facultative Apomixis and Polyploidy in Matteuccia orientalis, American Fern Journal, Vol. 63, No. 2 (Apr.–Jun. 1973), pp. 43–48. Published by the American Fern Society.

Wikidata ☰ Q17196712 entry