• Family : PTERIDACEAE
  (MAIDENHAIR FERN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : PTERIDACEAE
• Basionym : Trichomanes tenuifolium Burm. f.
• Synonym(s) : Cheilanthes tenuifolia (Burm. f.) Sw.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cheilosoria tenuifolia (Burm. f.) Trev.
• Habit : Herb-Terrestrial
• Comments / notes : Common fern during rainy season
• Collector(s) Name : PK Rajagopal
• Collection Date : 23/07/89
• Collection Locality : Hebri (Karkala Taluk), Udupi dist.
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), West Godavari district, Srikakulam district (Andhra Pradesh State)
  • Karnataka : B.R.Hills (Chamarajanagar district), Bangalore district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Shimoga district, Uttara Kannada district, Tumkur district, Udupi district
  • Odisha : Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Sambalpur district, Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district)
• World Distribution : China, India, Philipines, Sri Lanka
• 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; H.O. Saxena and M. Brahmam. 1996. The Flora of Orissa, Vol-4; Rolla Seshagiri Rao et al. 1986. Flora of West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India; Rolla Seshagiri Rao. 1986. Flora of Srikakulam; J.L. Ellis.1990. Flora of Nallamalais Vol-2.
• 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=Oeosporangium tenuifolium. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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