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Accession Data:

Cyrtomium falcatum (L. f.) C. Presl

  • Common Name: Japanese Holly Fern
  • Family: Dryopteridaceae

  • Country of Origin: Asia, Polynesia

  • Description: This fern is a perennial plant with a large light brown rhizome.

    Cyrtomium falcatum has leaves exceeding 0.5 metres (1.6 ft) in length made up of six to ten pairs of shiny bright green leaflets. Each leathery leaflet has a flat to wavy to slightly toothed margin and a netlike pattern of veining. The underside of each leaflet has sori beneath brown or black indusia.3

  • Uses: The rhizome is used medicinally for the expulsion of tapeworms.
  • Culture: Japanese holly fern likes rich, acidic soil and good drainage and does well in partial to full shade. It tolerates more sun than many ferns.4
  • USDA Zone: 7-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500177
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 3108 - EVO: Basal Angiosperms
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 4 confirmed on 12-12-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Ferns
  • Class: Polypodiopsida
  • SubClass: Polypodiidae
  • Order: Polypodiales
  • SubOrder: Polypodiineae
  • Family: Dryopteridaceae
  • SubFamily: Dryopteridoideae
  • Tribe:
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013

References (internal):

  • Ferns & Fern Allies
  • Type Species
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last acessed 26 October 2015.
  2. Cyrtomium falcatum at Wikispecies. Last accessed 26 October 2015.
  3. Cyrtomium falcatum at Wikipedia. Last accessed 26 October 2015.
  4. Cyrtomium falcatum at Floridata. Last accessed 26 October 2015.

data regenerated on Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:54:02 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Dryopteridaceae

  • Lastreopsis munita
  • Polystichum calderonense W/C
  • Polystichum munitum W/C

Subfamily Dryopteridoideae

  • Cyrtomium falcatum
  • Dryopteris filix-mas W/C
  • Dryopteris filix-mas W/C
  • Dryopteris filix-mas W/C
  • Dryopteris filix-mas 'Crispatissima'

Subfamily Elaphoglossoideae

  • Rumohra adiantiformis
W/C = Wild Collected
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