Cibotium barometz
| Cibotium barometz | |
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| The "Vegetable Lamb of Tartary" from Svenska Familj-Journalen, 1879 | |
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| Real Cibotium barometz | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Cyatheales |
| Family: | Cibotiaceae |
| Genus: | Cibotium |
| Species: | C. barometz
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| Binomial name | |
| Cibotium barometz | |
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Polypodium barometz L. | |
Cibotium barometz, the barometz, golden chicken fern or woolly fern, is a species of tree fern native to parts of China and to the western part of the Malay Peninsula. The fern's woolly rhizome was thought to be the inspiration for the mythical "Vegetable Lamb of Tartary".
Description and distribution
Cibotium barometz has been classified in the fern family Dicksoniaceae[1] and 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]
The plant grows only to a height of 1 m (3 ft 3 in), when erect, but is often prostrate, forming colonies of plants on open forest slopes and in disturbed areas. The
The species is a
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-88192-630-9.
- ^ "Cibotium barometz". Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
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