Biology:Menisciopsis penangiana

Short description: Species of fern

Menisciopsis penangiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Aspleniineae
Family:	Thelypteridaceae
Genus:	Menisciopsis
Species:	M. penangiana
Binomial name
Menisciopsis penangiana (Hook.) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
Synonyms
Meniscium urophyllum (Hook.) Ching (Baker) Christ (Wall. ex Hook.) H.Itô, Nakai & Honda Nephrodium costatum Bedd. Nephrodium rampans Christella porphyrophlebia Baker Phegopteris lineata (Colebr. ex Wall.) Mett. ex Salomon Polypodium costatum (Christ) H.Lév. (Wall. ex C.Presl) Mett. Polypodium costatum Wall. Polypodium lineatum Cyclosorus penangianus Colebr. ex Wall. Polypodium lineatum var. penangianum (Hook.) C.B.Clarke Apalophlebia costata (Hook.) Copel. Hook. Polypodium urophyllum Wall. Polypodium urophyllum Cyclosorus penangianus Wall. ex Hook. Pronephrium kumaonicum P.C.Pande & H.C.Pande Pronephrium kumaunicum (Hook.) Panigrahi P.C.Pande & H.C.Pande Pronephrium penangianum (Hook.) Holttum Pronephrium penangianum Dryopteris penangiana (Hook.) P.Chandra Thelypteris pandeorum Christenh. Abacopteris penangiana (Wall. ex C.Presl) C.Presl (Hook.) C.Chr. (Hook.) C.F.Reed Thelypteris porphyrophlebia (Christ) C.F.Reed Dryopteris porphyrophlebia (Baker) C.F.Reed (Christ) C.Chr. Dryopteris pseudocuspidata Aspidium porphyrophlebium Christ Dryopteris rampans (Baker) C.Chr. Dryopteris subcuspidata Christ Rosenst. Goniopteris costata (Wall. ex C.Presl) J.Sm. Goniopteris lineata Aspidium rampans (Colebr. ex Wall.) C.Presl Goniopteris penangiana Thelypteris rampans (Hook.) Bedd. Thelypteris penangiana Polypodium penangianum

Menisciopsis penangiana is a fern species in the genus Menisciopsis. It has many synonyms, including Abacopteris penangiana and Pronephrium penangianum.

Flavan-4-ols glycosides, abacopterins A, B, C and D together with triphyllin A and 6,8-dimethyl-7-hydroxy-4‘-methoxyanthocyanidin-5-O-β-d-glucopyranoside, can be isolated from a methanol extract of the rhizomes of M. penangiana.

External links

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• Lin, Youxing; Li, Zhongyang; Iwatsuki, Kunio; Smith, Alan R., "Abacopteris penangiana", A Checklist for the South China Botanical Garden, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, P. R. China, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=610&taxon_id=242300009 
• Lin, Youxing; Iwatsuki, Kunio, "Pronephrium penangianum", Flora of China, 2, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200004068 

Wikidata ☰ Q11076729 entry