Pentarhizidium orientale

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.

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External links

Media related to Pentarhizidium orientale at Wikimedia Commons
The Plant List entry
Plants for a Future entry
"Pentarhizidium orientale". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
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.

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