• Family : LINDSAEACEAE
  (NECKLACE FERN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LINDSAEACEAE
• Basionym : Adiantum tenuifolium Lam.
• Synonym(s) : Sphenomeris chinensis var. tenuifolia (Lam.) C.Chri.; Odontosoria tenuifolia (Lam.) J. Sm.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Odontosoria chinensis (L.) J. Sm.
• Habit : Herb-Terrestrial
• Habitat : Semi-evergreen forests near streams
• Key identification features : Rhizomatous terrestrial ferns
• Fertile : February-May
• Collector(s) Name : C. J. Saldanha; K.Sankara Rao, Arun Singh, K.R.K.Swamy & Navendu Page
• Collection Date : 16/09/1969; 23/03/16
• Collection Nos : CJS 17991, HJCB-E-355
• Collection Locality : Hassan dist. Karnataka; Yercaud Hills, Salem district, Tamil Nadu
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district
  • Karnataka : Chikamagalur district, Dakshina Kannada district, Kodagu district, Shimoga district, Hassan district
  • Odisha : Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Koraput district, Kalahandi district, Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district)
• World Distribution : Old World Tropics
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : 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; H.O. Saxena and M. Brahmam. 1996. The Flora of Orissa, Vol-4; Rolla Seshagiri Rao. 1986. Flora of Srikakulam District
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Odontosoria chinensis subsp. tenuifolia. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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