Giant Rock Star - Giant Rock Star

Japanese: オオイワヒトデ - おおいわひとで
Giant Rock Star - Giant Rock Star

...It grows in the forests of warm regions west of the Izu Peninsula, and is distributed from China to parts of Southeast Asia. A closely related species is the giant rock starfish C. pothifolia (Don) Presl, and although the smaller species look similar at first glance, the latter has a thick rhizome that can reach 1 cm in diameter, slightly thinner leaves, with veins clearly visible from the surface, and well-developed leaves with up to 15 pairs of lateral pinnae. It is also subtropical, and in Japan it is limited to the southern tip of Shikoku and southern Kyushu and south. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "giant rock starfish" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…伊豆半島以西の暖地の林下に生じ,中国から東南アジアの一部に分布している。近縁種にオオイワヒトデC.pothifolia (Don) Preslがあり,小さいものは一見よく似ているが,後者は根茎が太く径1cmに達し,葉質がやや薄く,葉脈は表面からはっきり見え,よく発育した葉では,側羽片は15対に達する。また亜熱帯性で,日本では四国の南端と九州南部以南に限られる。…

※「オオイワヒトデ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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