Index to
Ferns and Lycophytes of Japan

Family: Pteridaceae イノモトソウ科 > Genus: Acrostichum L. ミミモチシダ属
GreenList Taxon ID: 232

Accepted name

Acrostichum aureum L.

ミミモチシダ

Basionym and homotypic synonym(s)

Acrostichum aureum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1069, 1753. BHL Tropicos
Chrysodium aureum (L.) Mett., Fil. Hort. Bot. Lips. 21, 1856. BHL Tropicos

Type information in the protologue:
(Jamaicae, Dominicae)
Designated type:
Lectotype - Herb. Clifford: 475, Acrostichum 1 ([locality uncertain]) [BM [000647610]] designated by E. A. C. L. E. Schelpe in Contr. Bolus Herb. 1: 45, 1969.
Digitized type material:
Herbarium & Reg. No. Type status Collector & No. Locality Coll. date
BM000647610LectotypeGeorge Clifford, #s.nCultivated material from the garden of George Clifford III: Hartekamp Garden, Holland.

Information on ploidy level and reproductive mode

Chromosome number Ploidy level Reproductive mode Locality Remarks Reference
2n=1204xIriomotejima Isl., Okinawa Pref.Kawakami 1980 (Bull. Aichi Univ. of Educ. (Nat. Sci.) 29: 129-150)
2n=1194xIriomotejima Isl., Okinawa Pref.Nakato 1996 (J. Jap. Bot. 71: 163–167)