Osmundaceae
Asian royal fern
Osmunda japonica
- Family
- Osmundaceae
- Genus
- Osmunda
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Common names
By language (7)
- arz
- اوسموندا جابونيكا
- Chinese
- 紫萁, 紫箕, 紫萁(紫萁贯众）, 紫萁苗, 紫萁贯众
- English
- Asian royal fern, Japanese flowering fern, Japanese royal fern
- Estonian
- Jaapani osmunda
- Japanese
- ゼンマイ, ぜんまい, 薇
- Korean
- 고비
- Persian
- اسمندا جاپنیکا
Synonyms
- Osmunda biformis (Benth.) Makino
- Osmunda biformis var. divisa (Makino) Makino
- Osmunda japonica f. divisa (Makino) Tagawa
- Osmunda japonica var. divisa (Makino) Nakai
- Osmunda japonica var. sublancea (Christ) Nakai
- Osmunda regalis f. divisa Makino
- Osmunda regalis subsp. japonica (Thunb.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Osmunda regalis var. biformis Benth.
- Osmunda regalis var. japonica (Thunb.) Milde
- Osmunda regalis var. sublancea Christ
- Osmunda speciosa Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.
- Osmunda speciosa Wall.
- Osmundastrum japonicum C.Presl
Photos
Photo: Loasa, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kropsoq, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: りなべる, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kropsoq, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yoshihiro Tokue, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 岸本年郎, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kropsoq, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joseph Aubert, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jenny Saito, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.