Matonia pectinata

Matonia pectinata is a species of herbaceous fern in the family Matoniaceae. It was first described by Scottish botanist Robert Brown in 1829.

Matonia pectinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Gleicheniales
Family:	Matoniaceae
Genus:	Matonia
Species:	M. pectinata
Binomial name
Matonia pectinata R.Br. 1829
Synonyms
Prionopteris farquhariana

It is native from peninsular Thailand southward to Sumatra.^[1] It is most noteworthy for its pedate fronds with as many as twenty-six primary pinnae, each with about 120 pinnate leaflets.^[2]