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Fairy fern (Odontosoria chinensis)

Dlium Fairy fern (Odontosoria chinensis)

Fairy fern (Odontosoria chinensis) is a plant species in the Lindsaeaceae, is a fern shrub, green in color and forming a large triangle with fan-shaped sections with many veins, alternate and sorus at the end.

O. chinensis has a cylindrical stalk, erect, brownish green and glabrous. These plants form large colonies that are widely spaced. This species is usually found on open forest slopes, disturbed areas, landslides, along footpaths or roads, damp and shady places. This plant is used as a dye and knitting with the method of winding and buffering.



TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Subclass: Polypodiidae
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Lindsaeinae
Family: Lindsaeaceae
Genus: Odontosoria (C.Presl) Fée in Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 325 (1852)
Species: Odontosoria chinensis (L.) J.Sm. in B.Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald: 430 (1857)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Microlepia chinensis (L.) Mett. in Fil. Hort. Bot. Lips.: 103 (1856)
Trichomanes chinense L. in Sp. Pl.: 1099 (1753)
Lindsaea chinensis (L.) A.Braun & C.D.Bouché in Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1866: 4 (1866)
Sphenomeris chinensis (L.) Maxon in J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 3: 144 (1913)
Stenoloma chinense (L.) Bedd. in Handb. Ferns Brit. India: 70 (1883)
Davallia chinensis (L.) Sm. in Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. (Turin) 5: 414 (1793)
Davallia tenuifolia var. chinensis (L.) T.Moore in Index Fil.: 302 (1861)
Adiantum chinense (L.) Burm.f. in Fl. Indica: 236 (1768)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Hymenophyllum ramosissimum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don in Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 12 (1825)
Trichomanes cuneiforme G.Forst. in Fl. Ins. Austr.: 85 (1786)
Trichomanes malayanum Roxb. in Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 519 (1844)
Trichomanes polysperma Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 8: 82 (1808)
Lindsaea tenuifolia Mett. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 15: 64 (1861)
Odontosoria chinensis f. kenzoana (H.Itô) Nakaike in Checkl. Lycophytes Ferns Japan: 7 (2013)
Odontosoria chinensis var. rheophila (K.U.Kramer) Parris in Malayan Nat. J. 50: 247 (1997)
Odontosoria chusana (L.) Masam. in Mem. Fac. Sci. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 11(Bot., 4): 67 (1934)
Odontosoria palmii H.Rosend. in Ark. Bot. 14(18): 4 (1916)
Sphenomeris chinensis var. kenzoana Nakaike in Ill. Pterid. Japan 8: 439 (1997)
Sphenomeris chinensis var. rheophila K.U.Kramer in Blumea 15: 573 (1967 publ. 1968)
Sphenomeris chusana (L.) Copel. in Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 59: 69 (1929)
Sphenomeris chusana var. kenzoana H.Itô in J. Jap. Bot. 49: 343 (1974)
Stenoloma chusanum (L.) Ching in Sinensia 3: 337 (1933)
Davallia chusana (L.) Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 5: 475 (1810)
Davallia cuneiformis (G.Forst.) Sw. in J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 87 (1801)
Davallia didyma Hedw. in Fil. Gen. Sp.: t. 22 (1803)
Davallia ferruginea Cav. in Descr. Pl.: 277 (1801)
Davallia microcarpa Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 10: n.° 24 (1808)
Davallia polysperma Steud. in Nomencl. Bot. 2: 147 (1824)
Davallia remota Kaulf. in Enum. Filic.: 223 (1824)
Davallia venusta Schkuhr in 24. Kl. Linn. Pfl.-Syst.: 122 (1809)
Adiantum chusanum L. (1753)

PUBLICATIONS

Chang, C.-S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2021). Checklist of Far East Asian Vascular Flora 1: 1-626. EABCN, Seoul.

Chen, C.-W. & al. (2022). An annotated checklist of lycophytes and ferns of the Solomon islands. The Fern Gazette 21: 292-419.

Ebihara, A. (2016). The standard of ferns and lycophytes in Japan. Nihonsan shida shokubutsu hyojun zukan 1: 1-475. Gakken Plus, Tokyo.

Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.

Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. (2023). Pteridophytes of Bhutan : a taxonomic enumeration: 1-610. Messrs Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh.

Hsu, T.C., Chen, C.W., Knapp, R. & Hung, H.C. (2019). Ferns and Lycophytes I. The illustrated flora of Taiwan. Tai wan yuan sheng zhi wu quan tu jian 8(1): 1-448. Tai bei shi : Mao tou ying chu ban : Jia ting chuan mei cheng bang fen gong si fa xing.

Loc, P.K. & al. (2019). A checklist of pteridophytes collected on Cham Chu mountains and adjacent sites. Journal of Biology. Hanoi, Vietnam 41: 75-89.

Meyer, J.-Y. (2017). Guide des plantes de Wallis et Futuna: 1-486. Au vent des iles, editions, Tahiti.

Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.

Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Singh, S.K. & al. (2023). Pteridophytes of Meghalaya. A pictorial guide: 1-246. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh.

VERNACULAR NAME

Chinese (simplified): 乌蕨 - 乌韭 - 大叶金花草 - 小叶野鸡尾 - 细叶凤凰尾
Chinese (traditional): 烏蕨
English: Fairy Fern, Lace fern, Common wedgelet fern, Chinese lace fern, Chinese creeping fern
French: Odontosorie de Chine
Hawaiian: Pala'ā, Palae, Palapala'ā
Hong Kong: 烏蕨
Indonesia: Pakis peri
Japanese: ホラシノブ - 洞忍
Java: Paku jamuju, Paku camara
Korean: 바위고사리
Macao: 烏蕨
Russian: Одонтосория китайская
Taiwan: 烏蕨
Thai: เฟิร์นผักชี

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