• Family : GLEICHENIACEAE
  (GLEICHENIA FAMILY)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : GLEICHENIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Dicranopteris linearis (Burm. f.) Underw.
• Habit : Climbing fern
• Comments / notes : Very common and often gregarious along fully exposed road sides.
• Collector(s) Name : C. J. Saldanha & T. P. Ramamoorthy
• Collection Date : 23/03/16
• Collection Nos : HFP 1161
• Collection Locality : Yercaud Hills, Salem district, Tamil Nadu
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Karnataka : Bangalore district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Mysore district, Shimoga district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Odisha : Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Angul district, Malayagiri Hills (Keonjhar district), Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district)
  • Tamil Nadu : Yercaud Hills (Salem district)
• World Distribution : Tropics and Sub-Tropics
• 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=Dicranopteris linearis. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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