Athyrium solenopteris Moore

 
  • Family (Christenhusz et al, 2011) : WOODSIACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Athyriaceae
  • Species : Athyrium solenopteris
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Athyrium solenopteris Moore
  • Collection Nos : Jarrett & CJS 17049
  • Collector(s) Name : F. M. Jarrett & C. J. Saldanha
  • Key identification features : Rhizome is erect, densely clothed by lancelate scales all over. Stipes tufted greyish-brown or pale brown, densely scaly at the base, glabrous above. Lamina ovate or ovate-lanceolate, bipinnate or sub-tripinnate; pinnae upto 12 pairs, alternate above, shortly stalked; pinnae pale green, glabrous above and below; texture herbaceous. Sori in two rows close to the costules, usually hooked, rarely straight; indusium yellowish-brown to reddish-brown when dry, margin incised; spores planoconvex or reniform.
  • Habit : Herb-Terrestrial
  • Native : India; Sri Lanka
  • Comments : Common along fully shaded stream banks.Occasional in Western Ghats.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Collection Locality : Kodaikanal
  • Distribution Locality : Chikamagalur; Uttara Kannada
  • Floras referred : Fraser-Jenkins, Taxonomic revision of Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 2008; Rajagopal & Bhat, Pteridophytic flora of Karnataka State- 1998; Manickam V.S & Irudayaraj V. (1992)- Pteridophyte flora of W.Ghats, South India

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