Index to
Ferns and Lycophytes of Japan

Family: Athyriaceae メシダ科 > Genus: Athyrium Roth メシダ属
GreenList Taxon ID: 469

Accepted name

Athyrium brevifrons Nakai ex Tagawa

エゾメシダ

和名別名: コウライメシダ


Basionym and homotypic synonym(s)

Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth var. longipes H.Hara, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 48(574): 691, 1959. Link Tropicos
Athyrium brevifrons Nakai ex Tagawa, Col. Ill. Jap. Pterid. 180, 1959. Tropicos
Athyrium sinense Rupr. subsp. longipes (H.Hara) Vorosch., Florist. Issul. Razn. Raionakh SSSR 144, 1985.
Athyrium submelanolepis Tzvelev, Novit. Syst. Pl. Vasc. 26: 8, 1989.

Type information in the protologue:
H. Hara (at the foot of Mt. Apoi, 1933.8.8)

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

Athyrium brevifrons Nakai ex Tagawa var. angustifrons Kodama ex Nakai, Tennenkinenbutu-chousahoukoku Bot. 12: 61, 1930. Link

Type information in the protologue:
([no info])

Athyrium brevifrons Nakai ex Tagawa f. ionorhachis Nakai, Tennenkinenbutu-chousahoukoku Bot. 12: 61, 1930. Link

Type information in the protologue:
([no info])

Information on ploidy level and reproductive mode

Chromosome number Ploidy level Reproductive mode Locality Remarks Reference
n=402xsexCultivated in Botanical Garden, Univ. of TokyoMitui 1965 (J. Jap. Bot. 40: 117-124)
n=402xsexCultivated in Botanical Garden, Univ. of TokyoMitui 1968 (Sci. Rep. Tokyo Kyoiku Daigaku, Sec. B 13: 285-333)
n=402xsexOsorezan, Aomori Pref.Hirabayashi 1970b (J. Jap. Bot. 45: 45-52)
2n=ca.802xsexAkan, Hokkaido Pref.Mitui 1975 (Bull. Nippon Dental Coll., General Edu. 4: 221-271)