• Family : DRYOPTERIDACEAE
  (WOOD FERN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : DRYOPTERIDACEAE
• Basionym : Nephrodium sparsum D. Don
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Dryopteris sparsa (D. Don) Kuntze
• Habit : Herb-Terrestrial
• Comments / notes : Common in forests of W.Ghats along streams in fully or partially shaded places.
• Fertile : November-February
• Collector(s) Name : F. M. Jarrett & C. J. Saldanha
• Collection Nos : CS 17045
• Collection Locality : Kodaikanal
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Karnataka : Chikamagalur district, Chamrajnagar district, Shimoga district
  • Odisha : Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Kalahandi district, Sambalpur district, Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district)
  • Tamil Nadu : Kodaikanal (Dindigul district)
• Native : Japan, China
• 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; 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
• 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=Dryopteris sparsa. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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