Matonia pectinata

Matonia pectinata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Gleicheniales
Family: Matoniaceae
Genus: Matonia
Species:
M. pectinata
Binomial name
Matonia pectinata
R.Br. 1829
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

  1. ^ Lindsay, Stuart & Suddee, Somran & Middleton, David & Pooma, Rachun. (2004). Matoniaceae (Pteridophyta)-a new family record for Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany). 31. 47-52.
  2. ^ 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
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