Athyrium niponicum
| Athyrium niponicum | |
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| Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum' | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
| Family: | Athyriaceae |
| Genus: | Athyrium |
| Species: | A. niponicum
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| Binomial name | |
| Athyrium niponicum (Mett.) Hance
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Athyrium niponicum, commonly known as Oriental ladyfern[1] and Japanese painted fern[2] is a species of fern native to eastern Asia.[3]
This species was redefined as a member of genus Anisocampium in 2011 based on phylogenetic analyses.[4]
This deciduous fern has a creeping rhizome and a tuft-shape array of fronds. The fronds are variable in length, generally 30 to 75 centimeters long but occasionally over a meter in length. They have alternately arranged, subdivided pinnae. The spore-bearing sori on the undersides of the fertile pinnae are variable in shape, being "oblong, hooked, J-shaped, or horseshoe-shaped".[3]
This is a commonly cultivated fern, especially A. niponicum var. pictum. It thrives in many kinds of shady garden conditions and produces thick colonies of gray-green fronds with reddish midribs.[5] 'Pictum' is also considered to be a cultivar; varieties and cultivars are bred to achieve midribs in many shades of red.[6]
A. niponicum var. pictum has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[7] as has the cultivar ‘Silver Falls’.[8]
References
- ^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 369. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017 – via Korea Forest Service.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Athyrium niponicum. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- ^ a b Anisocampium niponicum. Flora of China. eFloras.
- ^ Liu, Y.-C., et al. (2011). Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the fern genus Anisocampium (Athyriaceae). Taxon 60(3) 824-30.
- ^ Athyrium niponicum var. pictum. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- ^ Perry, L. Japanese Painted Fern. University of Vermont Extension, Department of Plant and Soil Science.
- ^ "RHS Plantfinder - Athyrium niponicum var. pictum". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "RHS Plantfinder - Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Silver Falls'". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
External links
- "Anisocampium niponicum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.