• Family : DRYOPTERIDACEAE
  (WOOD FERN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : DRYOPTERIDACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Arachniodes aristata auct. non (G. Forst.) Tindale
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Arachniodes palmipes (Kunze) Fraser-Jenk.
• Habit : Herb-Terrestrial
• Habitat : In damp, shady gully in Eucalyptus plantations
• Comments / notes : Not a very common species.
• Key identification features : Rhizome creeping below surface among tree roots.
• Fertile : February
• Collector(s) Name : C. J. Saldanha; F.M. Jarrett
• Collection Date : 29/12/64; 17/10/1970
• Collection Nos : CS 9480; FMJ 571
• Collection Locality : Yercaud Hills, Salem district, Tamil Nadu; Coonor to Kundah road, Nilgiri district
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Chamrajnagar district
  • Odisha : Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district)
  • Tamil Nadu : Yercaud (Salem district)
• World Distribution : India , Japan, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, China, East Australia, Polynesia
• 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; H.O. Saxena and M. Brahmam. 1989. The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
• 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=Arachniodes palmipes. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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