Matonia pectinata

{{Short description|Species of fern}}

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| genus = Matonia

| species = pectinata

| authority = R.Br. 1829

| synonyms = Prionopteris farquhariana

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

It is native from peninsular Thailand southward to Sumatra.Lindsay, Stuart & Suddee, Somran & Middleton, David & Pooma, Rachun. (2004). Matoniaceae (Pteridophyta)-a new family record for Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany). 31. 47-52. It is most noteworthy for its pedate fronds with as many as twenty-six primary pinnae, each with about 120 pinnate leaflets.Seward Albert Charles 1899VI. On the structure and affinities of matonia pectinata, R. BR., with notes on the geological history of the matoniacea Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B191171–209