Index to
Ferns and Lycophytes of Japan

Family: Lygodiaceae カニクサ科 > Genus: Lygodium Sw. カニクサ属
GreenList Taxon ID: 149

Accepted name

Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw.

カニクサ

和名別名: ツルシノブ, シャミセンヅル


Basionym and homotypic synonym(s)

Ophioglossum japonicum Thunb., Syst. Veg. (ed. 14) 926, 1784. BHL Tropicos
Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 106, 1801. Link Tropicos
Hydroglossum japonicum (Thunb.) Willd., Abh. Kurfustl.-Mainz. Akad. Nutzl. Wiss. Erfurt 2(4): 26, 1802. Link Tropicos

Type information in the protologue:
Thunb. (prope Nagasaki, in Kosido et Satsuma)
Designated type:
Lectotype - Thunberg (e Japonia) [UPS-THUNB 25221 & 25222 [mounted on two sheets]] designated by S. Singh and G. Panigrahi in Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., Pl. Sci. 93: 127, 1984.
Digitized type material:
Herbarium & Reg. No. Type status Collector & No. Locality Coll. date
LD1762558Isotype?Thunberg, Carl Peter, #s.n.Japonia
S-P-6581Isotype?Thunberg, Carl Peter, #s.n.Japonia
S-P-6582Isotype?Thunberg, Carl Peter, #s.n.Japonia
S-P-6583Isotype?Thunberg, Carl Peter, #s.n.Japonia1772
UPS-THUNB 25222LectotypeThunberge Japonia

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

"ナガバカニクサ"
Lygodium microstachyum Desv., Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 5: 308, 1811. Link Tropicos
Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw. var. microstachyum (Desv.) C.Chr. et Tardieu, Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H. Lecomte et al.] 7(2): 38, 1939. Link Tropicos

Type information in the protologue:
(China)
Digitized type material:
Herbarium & Reg. No. Type status Collector & No. Locality Coll. date
P00523236HolotypeCommerson, #106Philippines

Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw. f. elongatum Alderw., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 2 1: 10. t. 3, 1911 (original: 'elongata'). BHL Tropicos

Type information in the protologue:
Rothert/Elmer/Elmer (Amboyna/Luzon/Negros)

Lygodium microstachyum Desv. var. glabrescens Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 41(492): 686, 1927. Link Tropicos

Type information in the protologue:
C. Owatari (Formosa: Kelung) [TI (holo)]

Information on ploidy level and reproductive mode

Chromosome number Ploidy level Reproductive mode Locality Remarks Reference
2n=582xAmamioshima Isl., Kagoshima Pref.Nakato 1990 (J. Jap. Bot. 65: 204-209)
n=584xsexHitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Pref.Mitui 1965 (J. Jap. Bot. 40: 117-124)
n=584xsexKikugawa, Shizuoka Pref.The locality name was not mentioned in the original paper (information supplied by Takamiya 1996).Kurita 1967b (Ann. Rep. Foreign Students' Coll., Chiba Univ. 2: 41-56)
n=584xsexHitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Pref.Mitui 1968 (Sci. Rep. Tokyo Kyoiku Daigaku, Sec. B 13: 285-333)