Index to
Ferns and Lycophytes of Japan

Family: Blechnaceae シシガシラ科 > Genus: Spicantopsis
GreenList Taxon ID: 452

Accepted name

Spicantopsis niponica (Kunze) Nakai

シシガシラ

Basionym and homotypic synonym(s)

Lomaria niponica Kunze, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 6: 508, 1848. BHL Tropicos
Blechnum niponicum (Kunze) Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 11(130): 82, 1897. BHL Tropicos
Blechnum spicant (L.) Sm. var. niponicum (Kunze) C.Chr., Index Filic. 405, 1906. BHL
Spicanta niponica (Kunze) Hayata, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 41(492): 700, 1927. Link
Struthiopteris niponica (Kunze) Nakai, Rep. Veg. Daisetsusan 15, 1930. Link Tropicos
Spicantopsis niponica (Kunze) Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 47(555): 181, 1933. Link

Type information in the protologue:
Goring (Japonia) [Herb. Klenz. Lucaean. et proprium]

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

Lomaria spicant (L.) Desv. var. japonica Hook., Sp. Fil. 3: 15, 1860 (original: 'β. Japonica'). BHL
Spicantopsis niponica (Kunze) Nakai var. japonica (Hook.) Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 47(555): 181, 1933. Link

Type information in the protologue:
C. Wright () [US]

"サカバシシガシラ"
Spicanta niponica (Kunze) Hayata var. reflexipinnula Masam., J. Soc. Trop. Agric. 4: 303, 1932.
Blechnum spicant (L.) Sm. var. reflexipinnula Masam., J. Soc. Trop. Agric. 4: 303, 1932.
Spicantopsis niponica (Kunze) Nakai var. reflexipinnula (Masam.) Nemoto, Fl. Jap. Suppl. 75, 1936.
Struthiopteris niponica (Kunze) Nakai var. reflexipinnula (Masam.) Masam., Sci. Rep. Kanazawa Univ. 1: 198, 1951. Link

Type information in the protologue:
(Yakusima, Aikodake, 1928)

"ナミバシシガシラ"
Blechnum niponicum (Kunze) Makino var. undulatipinnula Masam., J. Soc. Trop. Agric. 4: 303, 1932.
Spicantopsis niponica (Kunze) Nakai var. undulatipinnula (Masam.) Nemoto, Fl. Jap. Suppl. 75, 1936.

Type information in the protologue:
(Mt. Takakuma, 1922)

"スエヒロシシガシラ"
Spicantopsis niponica (Kunze) Nakai f. flabellata Kansei Sato, J. Jap. Bot. 12(11): 824, Fig. 2, 1936 (original: 'flabellata'). Link
Struthiopteris niponica (Kunze) Nakai f. flabellata (Kansei Sato) Nameg. et Sa.Kurata, Enum. Jap. Pterid. 332, 343, 1961.

Type information in the protologue:
K. Sato (Insula Yalushima; inter Kosugidani et Naka-no-Koya, 1935.8.24)

"ヒメシシガシラ"
Spicantopsis niponica (Kunze) Nakai var. minima Tagawa, J. Jap. Bot. 14(11): 706, 1938. Link Tropicos
Struthiopteris niponica (Kunze) Nakai var. minima (Tagawa) Masam., Sci. Rep. Kanazawa Univ. 1: 198, 1951. Link Tropicos
Struthiopteris niponica (Kunze) Nakai f. minima (Tagawa) Sugim., Keys Herb. Pl. Jap. Pterid. 339, 408, 1966.

Type information in the protologue:
M. Tagawa 853 (Kyusyu: Prov. Osumi: Hananoego, Isl. Yaku-sima, 1933.8.18) [KYO (holo)]
Digitized type material:
Herbarium & Reg. No. Type status Collector & No. Locality Coll. date
US00135467IsotypeTagawa, M., #853Kyushu: Pref. Kagoshima: Hananoego, Isl. Yaku-shima1933-8-18

"フタマタチャボシシガシラ"
Struthiopteris niponica (Kunze) Nakai f. kinoshitae H.Itô, J. Jap. Bot. 46(2): 38, 1971. Link

Type information in the protologue:
S. Kinoshita (Shikoku: mamidani, Tazukawa, Katsuura-machi, Katsuura-gun, Tokushima Pref., 1970.10.10) [TI (holo)]

Information on ploidy level and reproductive mode

Chromosome number Ploidy level Reproductive mode Locality Remarks Reference
n=ca.292xsexMt.Bukosan, Saitama Pref.The locality name was not mentioned in the original paper (information supplied by Takamiya 1996).Kurita 1960 (J. Jap. Bot. 35: 269-272)
n=312xsexKikugawa, Shizuoka Pref.Kurita 1965a (J. Jap. Bot. 40: 234-244)
n=312xsexObarano, Mie Pref.Mitui 1966a (J. Jap. Bot. 41: 60-64)
n=312xsexCultivated in Tokyo Univ. of EducationMitui 1968 (Sci. Rep. Tokyo Kyoiku Daigaku, Sec. B 13: 285-333)
n=312xsexYakushima Isl., Kagoshima Pref.Mitui 1986 (Bull. Nippon Dental Univ., General Edu. 15: 115-124)
2n=622xHigashiyamato City & Okutama, Tokyo Pref.; Dentsuku-toge, Yamanashi Pref.; Takayanagi, Niigata Pref.; Yugashima & Hijirizawa, Shizuoka Pref.; Kakeya, Shimane Pref.Nakato 1987a (J. Jap. Bot. 62: 129-133)
2n=622xYakushimaShinohara & Murakami 2006 (J. Plant Res. 119: 571-580)