Taxon: Osmunda japonica Thunb.

Common names:

• zenmai   (Source: F Japan ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• gobi   (Source: Econ Bot 50:63.) – Transcribed Korean
  
• japansk safsa   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Human food: vegetable   (fide Econ Bot 50:63, 67. 1996)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Sakhalin
  China: China
  Eastern Asia: Japan; Korea; Taiwan

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR).
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Li, H. L. et al., eds. 1975–1979. Flora of Taiwan.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
• Pemberton, R. W. & N. S. Lee. 1996. Wild food plants in South Korea; market presence, new crops, and exports to the United States. Econ. Bot. 50:63, 67.

More:

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Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Osmunda japonica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Osmunda japonica.

Check other web resources for Osmunda japonica Thunb.:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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