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''Pentarhizidium'' is a genus of two Asian fern species. These species have formerly been included in ''
Matteuccia ''Matteuccia'' is a genus of ferns with one species: ''Matteuccia struthiopteris'' ( common names ostrich fern, fiddlehead fern, or shuttlecock fern). The species epithet ''struthiopteris'' comes from Ancient Greek words () "ostrich" and () "fe ...
'' or ''
Onoclea ''Onoclea'' is a genus of plants in the family Onocleaceae, native to moist habitats in eastern Asia and eastern North America. They are deciduous ferns with sterile fronds arising from creeping rhizomes in spring, dying down at first frost. Fert ...
''. Recent genetic analysis has determined that these two species form a discrete clade that is basal to the rest of this fern group, and so have been located in their own genus. ''P. orientale'' is sometimes grown as a garden plant.


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Polypodiales Ferns of Asia Fern genera {{Polypodiales-stub