Nephrolepis brownii (Desv.) Hovenkamp & Miyam.

 
  • Family : NEPHROLEPIDACEAE
    (MACHO FERNS OR SWORDFERNS)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : NEPHROLEPIDACEAE
  • Basionym : Davallia multiflora Roxb.
  • Synonym(s) : Nephrolepis multiflora (Roxb.) F.M. Jarrett ex C.V. Morton
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Nephrolepis brownii (Desv.) Hovenkamp & Miyam.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Common along road sides in damp places and at the periphery of the forests. Syn: N.brownii (Desv.) Hovenkamp & Miyam.
  • Fertile : December
  • Collector(s) Name : F. M. Jarrett, C. J. Saldanha & T.P.Ramamoorthy; PK Rajagopal
  • Collection Nos : HFP 678; PKR 441
  • Collection Locality : Hassan
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikamagalur district, Dakshina Kannada district, Shimoga district, Tumkur district
    • Odisha : Sambalpur district
  • 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; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur 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=Nephrolepis brownii. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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