• Family (Christenhusz et al, 2011) : THELYPTERIDACEAE
• Family (As per The Plant List) : Thelypteridaceae
• Species : Cyclosorus interruptus
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Thelypteris interrupta (Willd.) K. Iwats.
• Collection Nos : HFP 993, HFP 813
• Collector(s) Name : F. M. Jarrett & T. P. Ramamoorthy
• Key identification features : Rhizome is wide creeping, profusely branched, scaly at the apex. Lamina elliptic-lanceolate, simply pinnate; pinnae upto 27 pairs, subopposite or alternate, sessile or very shortly stalked, basal pinnae not reduced, few pairs of distal pinnae rather abruptly reduced; lower surface of costa, rachis, costules, veins and interveinal areas densely covered by long, soft aciular or capitate hairs, upper surface of the pinnae glabrous; texture chartaceous, lamina pale green; sori median on the veins, upto eight pairs in two rows arranged in v-shape; sori indusiate, sporangial stalk bearing capitate hairs; spores monolete, ellipsoidal.
• Habit : Herb-Terrestrial
• Native : Tropical Asia; Malaysia; New Guinea
• Comments : Common in shade in the forests of Western Ghats.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Collection Locality : Hassan
• Distribution Locality : Chikamagalur; Hassan; Mysore; Manya; Tumkur; 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; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976

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