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| − | '''''Cibotium barometz''''', the '''golden chicken fern''' or '''woolly fern''', is a species of [[tree fern]] native to parts of China and to the western part of the [[Malay Peninsula]]. The fern's woolly [[rhizome]] was thought to be the inspiration for the mythical "[[Vegetable Lamb of Tartary]]".
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| − | == Description and distribution ==
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| − | ''Cibotium barometz'' has been classified in the [[fern]] family [[Dicksoniaceae]]<ref name="Large&Braggins">{{cite book | last = Large | first = Mark F. |author2=John E. Braggins | title = Tree Ferns | publisher = Timber Press, Incorporated | date = 2004 | location = Portland, Oregon | page = 360 | isbn = 978-0-88192-630-9}}</ref> and is one of a small number of tree fern species that [[Carl Linnaeus]] initially placed in the fern family [[Polypodiaceae]] in his ''[[Species Plantarum]]''.<ref name="Large&Braggins" />
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| − | The plant grows only to a height of {{convert|1|m|0|abbr=on}}, when erect, but is often prostrate, forming colonies of plants on open forest slopes and in disturbed areas. The [[frond]]s are up to {{convert|3|m|0|abbr=on}} long. The [[sorus|sori]] are marginal on the [[pinnule]]s.
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| − | The species is a [[folk medicine|folk medicinal]] herb in common use. It was thought to be the [[myth]]ical [[Vegetable Lamb of Tartary]] during the [[Middle Ages]] due to the resemblance of its woolly [[rhizome]]s to a [[sheep|lamb]].<ref name="Large&Braggins" /><ref>[http://www.forestferns.co.uk/tree-ferns/cibotium/cibotium-barometz ''Cibotium barometz'']</ref> Although it is widely distributed, the plant has been extensively collected in [[Southeast Asia]], causing the decline in the population size and number of individuals.
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| − | == References ==
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| − | *{{commonscat-inline|Cibotium barometz}}
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| − | *{{Wikispecies-inline|Cibotium barometz}}
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