Pteris biaurita L.

 
  • Family (Christenhusz et al, 2011) : PTERIDACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Pteridaceae
  • Species : Pteris biaurita
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Pteris biaurita L.
  • Collection Nos : HFP 955, CS 10404
  • Collector(s) Name : F. M. Jarrett, T.P.Ramamoorthy; C.J.Saldanha
  • Key identification features : Rhizome is erect and densely covered by lanceolate scales at the apex. Stipes are tufted, numerous, pale brown at the base and stramineous above, scaly at the base and glabrous above. Lamina lanceolate, bipinnatifid; pinnae upto 12 pairs; pinnae pale green, texture subcoriaceous; small pinnule borne at the base of each costule. Sori borne all along the margin except at the base of the sinus and at the apex of the lobe; spores dark brown.
  • Habit : Herb-Terrestrial
  • Native : Tropical America; Tropical Asia; Tropical Africa
  • Comments : Occasionally seen in forests at higher elevations in Western Ghats.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Collection Locality : Hassan; Castle Rock, Belgaum
  • Distribution Locality : Chikamagalur; Shimoga; Uttara Kannada; Belgaum; Tumkur
  • 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; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District

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