Index to
Ferns and Lycophytes of Japan

Family: Blechnaceae シシガシラ科 > Genus: Woodwardia Sm. コモチシダ属
GreenList Taxon ID: 459

Accepted name

Woodwardia prolifera Hook. et Arn.

ハチジョウカグマ

和名別名: タイワンコモチシダ


Basionym and homotypic synonym(s)

Woodwardia prolifera Hook. et Arn., Bot. Beechey Voy. 275, t. 56, 1841[1838]. BHL Tropicos
Woodwardia orientalis Sw. var. prolifera (Hook. et Arn.) Ching, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 2(1): 4, 1931. Tropicos
Woodwardia orientalis Sw. subsp. prolifera (Hook. et Arn.) Sugim., Keys Herb. Pl. Jap. Pterid. 341, 408, 1966.

Type information in the protologue:
[specimen not specified] (Loo Choo)
Digitized type material:
Herbarium & Reg. No. Type status Collector & No. Locality Coll. date
K001092753Holotype?Beechey, W., #s.n.Loo Choo
E00280161IsotypeBeechey's Voyage [Collectors: Lay & Collie]Loo Choo

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

Woodwardia orientalis Sw. var. formosana Rosenst., Hedwigia 56(4): 334, 1914. BHL Tropicos
Woodwardia prolifera Hook. et Arn. var. formosana (Rosenst.) Ching, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 12(2): 244, 1974. Tropicos

Type information in the protologue:
U. Faurie 231 (Formosa: Bankinsing, ad cataractos, 1914.2)
Digitized type material:
Herbarium & Reg. No. Type status Collector & No. Locality Coll. date
S-P-17856Isotype?Faurie, Urbain Jean, #231Formosa. Bankinsing, Cascades1914-2

Woodwardia exaltata Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 35(417): 149, 1921. BHL Tropicos

Type information in the protologue:
T. Asai, T. Nakai/S. Okubo, G. Koidzumi (insula Hachijo/insula Oshima prov. Idzu) [herbarium not indicated (syn)]
Designated type:
Lectotype - T. Asai s.n. (Japan, in silvis insula Hachijo) [TI] designated by R. B. Cranfill in Fl. Males., Ser. 2, Pterid. 4: 79, 2012.

Information on ploidy level and reproductive mode

Chromosome number Ploidy level Reproductive mode Locality Remarks Reference
n=342xsexAmamioshima Isl., Kagoshima Pref.Mitui 1967b (J. Jap. Bot. 42: 105-110)
n=342xsexCultivated in Tokyo Univ. of EducationMitui 1968 (Sci. Rep. Tokyo Kyoiku Daigaku, Sec. B 13: 285-333)
2n=682xWaifu, Uchimaki, Kawahara, Oyatsu, Kamijin, Soshinbaru, Kanaji, Ideno, Yamase, Funatsu, Keiyono, Koike, Nagahama, Tategami, Uchiyama, Yunotsuru, Iwaiguchi, & Yairagi, Kumamoto Pref.; Gosyodani, Miyazaki Pref.; Kuranomoto, Shiroyama, & Yakushima Isl., Kagoshima Pref.Takamiya et al. 1992 (Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 105: 247-263)