Osmunda banksiifolia (Pr.) Kuhn

Species

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Characteristics

Rhizome ascending or erect, massive, naked. Fronds simple pinnate, up to 100-180 × 30-60 cm, hemidimorphic with 3-5 pairs of fertile pinnae in lower middle portion of lamina; pinnae 15-30 pairs, subopposite or alternate, ca. 3 cm apart; sterile pinnae linear, 15-35 × 1-2 cm, lower ones shortly stalked, articulate to rachis, leathery, glabrous, margin thickened, roughly dentate; lateral veins pinnate, lower veinlets forked; fertile fronds developing several times per year; fertile pinnae ca. 1/2 length of sterile ones, 2-4 mm wide, covered throughout with sporangia and turning brownish after spores are shed. 2n = 44.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Images

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Distribution

Osmunda banksiifolia world distribution map, present in China, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17168450-1
WFO ID wfo-0001107374
COL ID 4K72M
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Synonyms

Plenasium aureum Plenasium bromeliifolium Plenasium oxyodon Nephrodium banksiaefolium Plenasium banksiifolium Osmunda presliana Osmunda haenkeana Osmunda oxyodon Osmunda bromeliifolia Nephrodium bromeliifolium Osmunda banksiifolia Nephrodium banksiifolium