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Holly Ferns
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Holly Ferns

Cyrtomium

Cyrtomium is a genus of about 35 species of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Dryopteridoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Species are native to Asia, Africa (including Madagascar), and the Pacific Ocean islands (Hawaii). It is very closely related to the genus Polystichum, with 2016 research suggesting it should be included in a clade sister to Polystichum s.s.

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21 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Japanese holly-fern

speciesCyrtomium falcatum

Fortune's Holly-fern

speciesCyrtomium fortunei

sickle-leaved holly fern

speciesCyrtomium devexiscapulae

kā‘ape‘ape

speciesCyrtomium caryotideum

Vigorous Holly Fern

speciesCyrtomium laetevirens

Large-leaved holly fern

speciesCyrtomium macrophyllum

Cyrtomium anomophyllum

speciesCyrtomium anomophyllum

Cyrtomium yamamotoi

speciesCyrtomium yamamotoi

Cyrtomium simadae

speciesCyrtomium simadae

Cyrtomium nephrolepioides

speciesCyrtomium nephrolepioides

Cyrtomium taiwanianum

speciesCyrtomium taiwanianum

Cyrtomium hemionitis

speciesCyrtomium hemionitis

spear-shaped holly fern

speciesCyrtomium lonchitoides

Mourning Holly Fern

speciesCyrtomium luctuosum

Cyrtomium omeiense

speciesCyrtomium omeiense

Cyrtomium pseudocaryotideum

speciesCyrtomium pseudocaryotideum

Cyrtomium shingianum

speciesCyrtomium shingianum

Cyrtomium calcis

speciesCyrtomium calcis

Cyrtomium atropunctatum

speciesCyrtomium atropunctatum

Cyrtomium chingianum

speciesCyrtomium chingianum

Cyrtomium aequibasis

speciesCyrtomium aequibasis

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Holly Ferns in Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Herbs

Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Herbs

王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.42

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72085.