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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Asian Oakfern, Northern Oak Fern
Description
Genus Gymnocarpium
Plants
terrestrial
. Stems long-creeping, stolons absent. Leaves monomorphic
, dying back in winter. Petiole
ca.
1.5--3 times length
of blade
, base
not swollen; vascular bundles
2, lateral
, ± oblong
in cross
section
. Blade broadly deltate, ternate
, or ovate
, 2--3-pinnate-pinnatifid, reduced distally to pinnatifid
apex, herbaceous. Pinnae weakly articulate
to rachis but persistent
, segment margins
entire to crenate
; proximal
pinnae longest, petiolulate
, usually ± inequilateral
with pinnules
on basiscopic side longer
than those on acroscopic
side; costae adaxially grooved
, grooves
not continuous from rachis to costae; indument
lacking or of minute (0.1 mm) glands
abaxially and sometimes along costae adaxially. Veins free
, simple
or forked
. Sori in 1 row
between midrib
and margin, ± round
; indusia absent. Spores brownish, rugose
. x
= 40.
Species 8: north temperate regions
, North America, Eurasia
.[1]
Physical Description
Species Gymnocarpium jessoense
Dryopteris jessoensis Koidzumi, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38: 104. 1924; Aspidium dryopteris (Linnaeus) Baumgarten var. longulum H. Christ; Gymnocarpium longulum (H. Christ) Kitagawa; G. robertianum (Hoffman) Newman subsp. longulum (H. Christ) Toyokuni [source]
Habit: Forb/herb
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,224 meters (0 to 10,577 feet).[2]
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Moniliformopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997, Nom. Nud.
- Class:
Polypodiopsida
()
- Cronquist et al.
- Order:
Polypodiales
()
- Link
- Family:
Woodsiaceae
()
- (Chapm.) Herter
- Genus:
Gymnocarpium
()
- Newman, 1851
- Oak fern [Greek gymnos, naked, and karpos, fruit, referring to the absence of indusia]
- Specific epithet:
jessoense
- (Koidzumi) Koidzumi
- Botanical name: - Gymnocarpium jessoense (Koidzumi) Koidzumi
- Specific epithet:
jessoense
- (Koidzumi) Koidzumi
- Genus:
Gymnocarpium
(
- Family:
Woodsiaceae
(
- Order:
Polypodiales
(
- Class:
Polypodiopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Moniliformopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Gymnocarpium
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
G. achriosporum (Oakfern) · G. appalachianum (Appalachian Oak Fern) · G. disjunctum (Pacific Oak Fern) · G. dryopteris (Northern Oak Fern) · G. heterosporum (Blackspore Oakfern) · G. intermedium (Intermediate Oakfern) · G. jessoense (Asian Oakfern) · G. jessoense parvulum (Asian Oakfern) · G. jessoense subsp. parvulum (Asian Oakfern) · G. robertianum (Limestone Oak Fern) · G. × achriosporum (Oakfern) · G. x heterosporum (Black-Spore Oak Fern) · G. × intermedium (Intermediate Oakfern)
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Further Reading
- Atlas of the rare vascular plants of Ontario / Ottawa: Botany Division, National Museum of Natural Sciences = Division de la botanique, Musée national des sciences naturelles, 1982-1987. url .
- Ferns and fern allies of Canada / [Ottawa]: Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, 1989. url p. 231, p. 234, p. 238, p. 3, p. 5.
- Flora of Japan: in English: combined, much revised and extended translation / by the author of his Flora of Japan (1953) and Flora of Japan, Pteridophyta (1957); edited by Frederick G. Meyer and Egbert H. Walker. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1965. url p. 75.
- Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url , p. 21, p. 58, p. 9.
- Pryer, K. M. 1992. The status of Gymnocarpium heterosporum and G. robertianum in Pennsylvania. Amer. Fern J. 82: 34--39.
- Pryer, K. M. and C. H. Haufler. 1993. Isozymic and chromosomal evidence for the allotetraploid origin of Gymnocarpium dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae). Syst. Bot. 18: 150--172.
- Pryer, K. M. and D. M. Britton. 1983. Spore studies in the genus Gymnocarpium. Canad. J. Bot. 61: 377--388.
- Pryer, K. M., D. M. Britton, and J. McNeill. 1983. A numerical analysis of chromatographic profiles in North American taxa of the fern genus Gymnocarpium. Canad. J. Bot. 61: 2592--2602.
- Sarvela, J. 1978. A synopsis of the fern genus Gymnocarpium. Ann. Bot. Fenn. 15: 101--106.
- Sarvela, J., D. M. Britton, and K. M. Pryer. 1981. Studies on the Gymnocarpium robertianum complex in North America. Rhodora 83: 421--431.
- Wagner, W. H. Jr. 1966b. New data on North American oak ferns, Gymnocarpium. Rhodora 68: 121--138.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
- "Gymnocarpium jessoense". in Flora of North America Vol. 2. Published by Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Burke Museum: Vascular Plant Collection - University of Washington Herbarium (WTU)
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Herbarium
- European Environment Agency: EUNIS
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- University of Alaska Museum of the North: University of Alaska Museum of the North Herbarium (ALA)
- USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2667327
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-502850
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17396800-1
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 502850
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 17396800
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PPDRY0D050
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: GYJE
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 40202
Footnotes
- Kathleen M. Pryer "Gymnocarpium". in Flora of North America Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Mean = 598.400 meters (1,963.255 feet), Standard Deviation = 937.640 based on 10 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
