Taxon: Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw.

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A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

AL*, FL*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Link to species profile at

Common names:

• Japanese climbing fern   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• kani-kusa   (Source: F Japan ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• tsuru-shinobu   (Source: F Japan ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• japansk klätterbräken   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide China FlEncy; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed   (fide F NAmer; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

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View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China [e. & s.]
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Honshu [w.], Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku; Korea
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India; Nepal; Sri Lanka
  Indo-China: Cambodia; Laos; Thailand; Vietnam
  Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines

• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia [n.]
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  United States

• also cultivated

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.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. 2:116.
• George, A. S., ed. 1980–. Flora of Australia.
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Li, H. L. et al., eds. 1975–1979. Flora of Taiwan.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970–. Flora of Thailand.
• USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (on-line resource).
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Zhong Guo & Hua Jing. 1993. China floral encyclopaedia.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Lygodium japonicum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Lygodium japonicum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Lygodium japonicum.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Ophioglossum japonicum Thunb. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• ABRS: Australian Biological Resources Study Flora of Australia online
• 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.

Images:

• Forestry Images: Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org

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• Images 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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