Pleopeltis macrocarpa (Bory ex Willd.) Kaulf.

 
  • Family : POLYPODIACEAE
    (OAKLEAF FERN FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : POLYPODIACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Pleopeltis macrocarpa (Bory ex Willd.) Kaulf.
  • Habit : Herb-Epiphytic
  • Collector(s) Name : F. M. Jarrett & C. J. Saldanha
  • Collection Nos : FMJ & CJS 17055
  • Collection Locality : Palni Hills
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : B.R.Hills (Chamarajanagar district), Uttara Kannada district, Hassan district
    • Tamil Nadu : Palni Hills (Dindigul district)
  • Native : Brazil, Zimbabwe, Columbia, Bolivia
  • Conservation Status : Near Threatened (NT)
  • 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; Rajagopal, P.K. & Bhat, K.G. 2016. Pteriodphytes of Karnataka State, India. pp. 200. Vinayaka Prakashana Publishers
  • 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=Pleopeltis macrocarpa. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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