• Family (Christenhusz et al, 2011) : PTERIDACEAE
• Family (As per The Plant List) : Pteridaceae
• Species : Pteris cretica
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Pteris cretica L.
• Collection Nos : FMJ & CJS 17031
• Collector(s) Name : F. M. Jarrett, C.J.Saldanha
• Key identification features : Rhizome erect, densely covered by ovate-lanceolate scales at the apex. Stipes tufted, abaxially rounded, adaxially grooved, glabrous and glossy. Lamina ovate, simply pinnate with bipartite or tripartite or simple pinnule shorter than the lateral ones; pinnae upto seven pairs, one or two pairs of basal pinnae forked at their base, shortly stalked, others simple and sessile; pinnae dark green, glabrous above and below, texture coriaceous. Sori linear all along the margin except at the base and distal part of the pinnae; spores dark brown.
• Habit : Herb-Terrestrial
• Native : Hawaii; Old World Tropics
• Comments : Growing inside the forest along stream banks
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Collection Locality : Kodaikanal
• Floras referred : Fraser-Jenkins, Taxonomic revision of Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 2008; Manickam V.S & Irudayaraj V. (1992)- Pteridophyte flora of W.Ghats, South India

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