Herbarium JCB

Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel.

Family (Christenhusz et al, 2011) : POLYPODIACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Polypodiaceae
Species : Microsorum punctatum
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel.
Collection Nos : HFP 766, HFP 773
Collector(s) Name : F. M. Jarrett & C. J. Saldanha; F. M. Jarrett & C. J. Saldanha
Key identification features : Rhizome is short, creeping, densely scaly at the apex, sparsely in the rest; scales broadly ovate or ovate-lanceolate. Fronds closely arranged in two rows, entire frond upto 85 cm long, lanceolate or elliptic, margin entire, decurrent upto the base of the frond without distinct stipe; veins slightly distinct and raised above and below, copiously anastomosing to form larger areoles enclosing smaller areoles; pinnae dark green when fresh, blackish when dry, glabrous above and below, texture coriaceous. Sori numerous, distributed all over the lower surface of the basal pinna leaving the basal part, paraphyses copious, short, club-shaped; spores yellowish-green.
Habit : Herb-Epiphytic
Native : Madagascar; Tropical Africa; Tropical Asia; Western Australia
Comments : Common in the W.Ghats growing on the tree trunks.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : Hassan; Hassan
Distribution Locality : Hassan; Chikamagalur; 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