• Family : THELYPTERIDACEAE
  (MARSH FERN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : THELYPTERIDACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Christella parasitica (L.) Holttum; Nephrodium didymosorum C.S.P. Parish ex Bedd.; Cyclosorus parasiticus (L.) Farw.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved Name
• Habit : Herb-Terrestrial
• Habitat : Semi-evergreen forests
• Comments / notes : Frequent at higher elevations
• Fertile : September-October
• Collector(s) Name : F. M. Jarrett & T. P. Ramamoorthy; F.M. Jarrett, C.J. Saldanha & T. P. Ramamoorthy, Arun Singh R, K.R.K Swamy & Navendu Page; FM. Jarrett, C. Saldanha & T.P. Ramamoorthy
• Collection Date : 27/02/16
• Collection Nos : HFP 960, HFP 660, HJCB-0526; HFP 861
• Collection Locality : Hassan; Hassan, Berbera Forest, Khurda district, Odisha State; Bisle ghat Hassan dist.
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Hassan district
  • Odisha : Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Berbera Forest (Khurda district)
  • Tamil Nadu : Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district)
• World Distribution : Tropical Asia, South Japan, Pacific Islands
• 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; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976; H.O. Saxena and M. Brahmam. 1989. The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; H.O. Saxena and M. Brahmam. 1996. The Flora of Orissa, Vol-4
• 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=Thelypteris parasitica. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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