Herbarium JCB

Pteris argyraea T. Moore

Family (Christenhusz et al, 2011) : PTERIDACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Pteridaceae
Species : Pteris argyraea
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Pteris argyraea T. Moore
Collection Nos : KFP 12690
Collector(s) Name : C. J. Saldanha, B.R.Ramesh, M.S.Eshwar Rao
Key identification features : Rhizome erect, covered by lanceolate scales at the apex. Stipes tufted, numerous, pale brown and scaly at the base, stramineous and glossy above. Lamina broadly or narrowly deltoid, bipinnate; pinnae upto 9 pairs, opposite, subopposite, alternate, oblong-lanceolate, base broadly cuneate, margin lobed four-fifth to the costa; spores with minutely reticulate exine.
Habit : Herb-Terrestrial
Native : North America; South America; Tropical Asia; Tropical Africa; Hawaii
Comments : A rare species. Found growing along partially or fully shaded stream banks and forest floor
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : Chikmagalur
Distribution Locality : Chikamagalur; Hassan
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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Dr. Sachin Patil 2020-05-31 02:34:05
this is the Tectaria coadunata. Tectaria paradoxa is having free veins where as T coadunata having anastomosing veins. Also, I requested to add Tectaria fuscipes which is most common in Karnataka
Dr. Sachin Patil 2017-07-27 11:06:20
Its not a Tectaria paradoxa (Fee) Sledge. Just morphological variation of Tectaria coadunata C. Chr.,