Cheilanthes farinosa (Forssk.) Kaulf.

 
  • Family (Christenhusz et al, 2011) : PTERIDACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Pteridaceae
  • Species : Cheilanthes farinosa
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cheilanthes farinosa (Forssk.) Kaulf.
  • Key identification features : Rhizome erect, about 2 cm thick, densely scaly all over; scales lanceolate. Stipes tufted, dark chestnut brown, terete, sparsely scaly throughout or at the basal region, glossy. Lamina bipinnatifid, ovate-lanceolate, apex acuminate, base cordate; pinna upto 10 pairs, slightly ascending, opposite, sessile; largest pinna ovate-lanceolate; pinnules upto eight pairs per pinna, alternate, adnate, margin crenate; costa and costules slightly distinct below; rachis deeply grooved above, glabrous; pinnae dark green; glabrous above, covered by silvery or yellowish waxy powder; texture subcoriaceous. Sori submarginal, discrete when young; continuous when mature, protected by false indusium; spores ovoid or spherical, dark brown to honey colored.
  • Habit : Herb-Terrestrial
  • Comments : Fairly common.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Hassan; Kodagu; Shimoga
  • 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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