Matonia pectinata
| 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 |
| 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
- ^ 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