Herbarium JCB

Diplazium esculentum (Retz.) Sw.

Family (Christenhusz et al, 2011) : WOODSIACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Athyriaceae
Species : Diplazium esculentum
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Diplazium esculentum (Retz.) Sw.
Collection Nos : HFP 975, CS 9920
Collector(s) Name : F. M. Jarrett & T. P. Ramamoorthy; Saldanha
Key identification features : Rhizome is erect, densely covered by linear-lanceolate scales at the apex. Stipes tufted, dark brown or black at the base, pale or grey-brown above, sparsely scaly at the base, glabrous above. Lamina deltoid, bipinnate with simply pinnate apex; pinnae upto 7 pairs, basal one or two pairs opposite or sub-opposite, rest of the pairs alternate; pinnae dark green, glabrous above and below, texture herbaceous. Sori linear all along the veins except the base and apex; indusia pale brown with wavy margin.
Habit : Herb-Terrestrial
Native : Asia
Comments : Common in open marshy places along streams and river banks.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : Bisle Ghat; Sakhleshpur, Hassan
Distribution Locality : Chikamagalur; Hassan; Kodagu; Shimoga; 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