Cibotium barometz

Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Pteridophyta
Subdivisio: Pterophyta
Classis: Pteridopsida
Ordo: Cyatheales
Familia: Dicksoniaceae
Subfamilia: Cibotioideae
Genus: Cibotium
Species: Cibotium barometz

Name

Cibotium barometz (L.) J.Sm.

Synonyms

* Polypodium barometz L. 1753

References

* London Journal of Botany. London 1:437. 1842
* Large & Braggins: Tree Ferns ISBN 0 643 09076 2
* USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Data from 07-Oct-06]. [1]

Vernacular names
English: Golden chicken fern; Scythian lamb; Woolly fern

Cibotium barometz, golden chicken fern, woolly fern, is a species of tree fern in the fern family Dicksoniaceae.[1] C. barometz is native to parts of China and to the western part of the Malay Peninsula. The plant grows only to a height of 1 meter, when erect, but is often prostrate, forming colonies of plants on open forest slopes and in disturbed areas. The fronds up to 3 m (10 ft) long. The sori are marginal on the pinnules.

The species is a folk medicinal herb in common use. Although it is widely distributed, the plant has been extensively collected in Southeast Asia, causing the decline in the population size and number of individuals. It was thought to be the legendary Vegetable Lamb of Tartary during the middle ages.

The species is one of a small number of tree fern species that Carl Linnaeus initially placed in the fern family Polypodiaceae in his Species Plantarum.[1]

References

1. ^ a b Large, Mark F.; John E. Braggins (2004). Tree Ferns. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, Incorporated. pp. 360. ISBN 978-0881926309.