Polystichum luctuosum

Polystichum luctuosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Polystichum
Species:
P. luctuosum
Binomial name
Polystichum luctuosum
(Kunze) T. Moore

Polystichum luctuosum is a species of fern known by the common names Korean rock fern[1] and Tsushima holly fern. It is a small, clump-forming, tufted, evergreen to semi-evergreen fern native to Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, Vietnam, and Thailand, as well as southern Africa. The fern grows to about 1–1.5 feet in height, with a spread of 1–1.5 feet, with stipe up to 30 cm long, pale to mid-brown, with dark brown to almost black scales, and bi-pinnate, glossy, dark green fronds.

Synonyms

  • Aspidium aculeatum var. pallescens Franch.
  • Aspidium luctuosum Kunze
  • Aspidium tsus-simense Hook.
  • Polystichum falcilobum Ching
  • Polystichum tsus-simense (Hook.) J. Sm.
  • Polystichum tsus-simense var. pallescens Franch.

References

  1. ^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 585. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.


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