Index to
Ferns and Lycophytes of Japan

Family: Polypodiaceae ウラボシ科 > Genus: Leptochilus Kaulf. オキノクリハラン属
GreenList Taxon ID: 1027

Accepted name

Leptochilus ellipticus (Thunb.) Noot.

イワヒトデ

和名別名: シシイワヒトデ


Basionym and homotypic synonym(s)

Polypodium ellipticum Thunb., Syst. Veg. (ed. 14) 935, 1784. BHL Tropicos
Gymnogramma elliptica (Thunb.) Baker, Syn. Fil. (Hooker & Baker) 389, 1868. BHL Tropicos
Selliguea elliptica (Thunb.) Bedd., Handb. Ferns Brit. India 392, f. 227, 1883. BHL Tropicos
Colysis elliptica (Thunb.) Ching, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 4(10): 333, 1933. Tropicos
Leptochilus ellipticus (Thunb.) Noot., Blumea 42(2): 283, pl. 1, f. 3, pl. 8, f. 11, 14, 1997. Link Tropicos

Type information in the protologue:
Thunb. (jap.)
Designated type:
Lectotype - C. P. Thunberg s.n. (JAPAN [“e Japonia”]) [UPS-THUNB 24490] designated by T. Nakaike in New Fl. Jap. Pterid. 636, 1982.
Digitized type material:
Herbarium & Reg. No. Type status Collector & No. Locality Coll. date
UPS-THUNB 24490HolotypeThunberge Japonia

Heterotypic synonym(s) and/or incorporated taxa (forma or lower)

Selliguea coraiensis H.Christ, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 5: 11, 1908. BHL Tropicos
Polypodium faurianum Nakai, Fl. Kor. 2: 416, 1911. Tropicos
Polypodium neoellipticum Koidz., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 43(512): 388, 1929. Link Tropicos

Type information in the protologue:
U. Faurie 68 (Corea: Quelpaert, October)

Information on ploidy level and reproductive mode

Chromosome number Ploidy level Reproductive mode Locality Remarks Reference
n=36, 2n=722xsexMt.Ogasayama, Shizuoka Pref.; Yakushima Isl., Kagoshima Pref.Kurita 1968 (Ann. Rep. Foreign Students' Coll., Chiba Univ. 3: 47-52)
n=362xsexMikisato, Mie Pref.Mitui 1966a (J. Jap. Bot. 41: 60-64)
n=362xsexMikisato, Mie Pref.Mitui 1968 (Sci. Rep. Tokyo Kyoiku Daigaku, Sec. B 13: 285-333)
n=362xsexYugashima, Shizuoka Pref.Kurita 1968 (Ann. Rep. Foreign Students' Coll., Chiba Univ. 3: 47-52)
2n=722xHiwasa-cho, Tokushima Pref.Takei 1983b (Res. Bull. Fac. Educ. Oita Univ. (Nat. Sci.) 6(5): 5-43)