Herbarium JCB

Lepisorus nudus (Hook.) Ching

Family (Christenhusz et al, 2011) : POLYPODIACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Polypodiaceae
Species : Lepisorus nudus
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Lepisorus nudus (Hook.) Ching
Collection Nos : CJS 15275; FMJ & CJS 17035
Collector(s) Name : C. J. Saldanha; F.M.Jarrett & C.J.Saldanha
Key identification features : Rhizome is long, creeping, branched, densely covered by appressed scales. Stipes scattered, about 2 cm apart, stramineous or grey-brown to dark or reddish-brown, abaxially rounded, adaxially grooved, scaly at very base, glabrous. Laminae simplelinear-elliptic to linear-lanceolate, widest just below the mid-portion from where gradually narrowing towards both the ends, margin entire; midrib slightly raised above and below; veins immersed, indistinct above and below; lamina dark green above, pale green below, glabrous; texture chartaceous to subcoriaceous. Sori superficial arranged in distal half of the frond in two rows between margin and midrib, conspicuous; sorus scales different from rhizome scales, spores reniform or ovoid or ellipsoid, whitish.
Habit : Herb
Native : India; South-East Asia
Comments : Common in Western Ghats at higher elevation growing as epiphyte on trees or as lithophyte.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : Hassan; Kodaikanal
Distribution Locality : Chikamagalur; Hassan; Kodagu; Chamrajnagar; Shimoga; Uttara Kannada
Floras referred : Fraser-Jenkins, Taxonomic revision of Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 2008; Rajagopal & Bhat, Pteridophytic flora of Karnataka State- 1998