Adiantum caudatum L.

 
  • Family : PTERIDACEAE
    (MAIDENHAIR FERN FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : PTERIDACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Adiantum caudatum L.
  • Habit : Herb-Terrestrial
  • Comments / notes : Terrestrials along fully exposed dry places or clearings along roadsides.
  • Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R & K.R.K Swamy; F.M. Jarrett; C.J. Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 28/11/14; 27/07/1975
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-E-359; F.M. Jarrett 652; 18567
  • Collection Locality : Tirumala-Tirupati Ghat road, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh State; Nilgiri district, Tamil Nadu; Chikaragihalli Halla
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district)
    • Karnataka : Bangalore district
    • Tamil Nadu : Javadhu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district), The Nilgiri district
  • World Distribution : Tropical Africa, Tropical Asia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Fraser-Jenkins, Taxonomic revision of Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 2008; Manickam V.S & Irudayaraj V. (1992)- Pteridophyte flora of W.Ghats, South India
  • 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=Adiantum caudatum. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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