Ptisana salicina, or king fern, is a species of fern native to Norfolk Island, New Zealand and the South Pacific. Large and robust with a distinctive tropical appearance, it has fronds up to 5 metres (16 feet +/-) tall that arise from a starchy base that was a traditional food for the Maori.[2] It has several other common names including para, tawhiti-para, and horseshoe fern.
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Ptisanasalicina, or king fern, is a species of fern native to Norfolk Island, New Zealand and the South Pacific. Large and robust with a distinctive tropical...
number for Ptisana is 2n=78, whereas the one count for Marattia in the strict sense is 2n=80. The type species for the genus is Ptisanasalicina, the type...
species in the genus Juniperus Keek – Rorippa sylvestris King fern – Ptisanasalicina Kinnikinnik – Cornus amomum Kittentail – Veronica bullii Knotweed (Japanese)...
woman has given birth, e.g. para 1 etc. Para, common name of fern Ptisanasalicina para, symbol for the fruit fly gene paralytic (gene) Para- (chemistry)...
from the resemblance of the synangia to pearl barley. The king fern, Ptisanasalicina, from New Zealand and the South Pacific and known in Māori as "para"...
pakis, a traditional dish of Brunei) as food. Tubers from the "para", Ptisanasalicina (king fern) are a traditional food in New Zealand and the South Pacific...
King fern is a common name for several ferns and may refer to: Ptisanasalicina Todea barbara, native to southeastern Australia, New Zealand, and South...
ferns have also been noted on the forest floor, such as King Ferns (Ptisanasalicina) Additionally, a rare and native fern species known as Sickle Fern...
island and developing diarrhea after eating too much para fern root (Ptisanasalicina), The rocky sections of Whatipu, Motu Paratūtai, Te Toka Tapu ā Kupe...
fern, Cyathea cunninghamii Soft tree fern, Cyathea smithii King fern, Ptisanasalicina Prince of Wales fern, Leptopteris superba Hound's tongue fern, Microsorum...
requirements of Danaea ferns are still unknown. Ptisana purpurascens a related plant from Ascension Island. Ptisanasalicina, from New Zealand. Christenhusz, M. J...
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