Index to
Ferns and Lycophytes of Japan

Family: Athyriaceae メシダ科 > Genus: Diplazium Sw. ノコギリシダ属
GreenList Taxon ID: 677

Accepted name

Diplazium virescens Kunze

コクモウクジャク

Basionym and homotypic synonym(s)

Diplazium virescens Kunze, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 6: 537, 1848. BHL Tropicos
Asplenium virescens (Kunze) Mett., Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. 6: 235, 1859. BHL Tropicos
Athyrium virescens (Kunze) Ohwi, Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. 3(2): 100, 1956. Tropicos
Allantodia virescens (Kunze) Ching, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9(1): 53, 1964. Tropicos

Type information in the protologue:
Goring/Zollnger (Japonia) [Herb. Proprium/Herb. Zoll. et Moritzi 49 (syn)]

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

Asplenium wheelerii Baker, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 5(19): 309, 1891. Link
Diplazium wheeleri (Baker) Diels, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1(4): 227, 1899. BHL Tropicos
Allantodia wheeleri (Baker) Ching, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9(1): 54, 1964. Tropicos

Type information in the protologue:
Wheeler (Japan)

Diplazium lutchuense Koidz., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38(449): 106, 1924. Link Tropicos

Type information in the protologue:
Y. Kudo (Kiusiu: insula Yakushima, 1907.8) [herbarium not indicated (3 sheets - syn)]
Designated type:
Lectotype - Y. Kudo s.n. (Japan. Prov. Oosumi: Yakushima, 1907.8 (probably)) [KYO (one of the 3 sheets with rhizome)] designated by M. Tagawa in Acta. Phytotax. Geobot. 16: 180, 1956. Link

"オオコクモウクジャク"
Diplazium virescens Kunze var. sugimotoi Sa.Kurata, J. Geobot. 7(3): 77, 1958. Link Tropicos
Allantodia virescens Kunze var. sugimotoi (Sa.Kurata) W.M.Chu, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 3(2): 399, 1999. Tropicos

Type information in the protologue:
S. Kurata 314 (Prov. Ohsumi: Sanbonsugi, Kusukawa, Yaku-island, 1956.8) [TOFO (holo)]
Digitized type material:
Herbarium & Reg. No. Type status Collector & No. Locality Coll. date
TNS VS 138845Isotype?[S. Kurata] 362Japan, [Prov. Osumi], (Yaku-island), (Sanbonsugi), [Kusugawa Forest Road].1956-8-10

Information on ploidy level and reproductive mode

Chromosome number Ploidy level Reproductive mode Locality Remarks Reference
2n=1233xapoYakushima Isl., Kagoshima Pref.Nakato 1987b (J. Jap. Bot. 62: 261-267)
n=123, 2n=1233xapofrom Okinawa to TokyoTakamiya et al. 1999 (J. Plant Res. 112: 419-436)