Matonia pectinata
Appearance
Matonia pectinata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Gleicheniales |
Family: | Matoniaceae |
Genus: | Matonia |
Species: | M. pectinata
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Binomial name | |
Matonia pectinata R.Br. 1829
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Synonyms | |
Prionopteris farquhariana |
Matonia pectinata is a species of herbaceous fern in the family Matoniaceae. It was first described by Scottish botanist Robert Brown in 1829.
It is native from peninsular Thailand southward to Sumatra.[1] It is most noteworthy for its pedate fronds with as many as twenty-six primary pinnae, each with about 120 pinnate leaflets.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Lindsay, Stuart & Suddee, Somran & Middleton, David & Pooma, Rachun. (2004). Matoniaceae (Pteridophyta)-a new family record for Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany). 31. 47-52.
- ^ Seward Albert Charles 1899VI. On the structure and affinities of matonia pectinata, R. BR., with notes on the geological history of the matoniacea Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B191171–209