• Family : NEPHROLEPIDACEAE
  (MACHO FERNS OR SWORDFERNS)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : NEPHROLEPIDACEAE
• Basionym : Polypodium cordifolium L.
• Synonym(s) : Nephrolepis tuberosa (Bory ex Willd.) C. Presl
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C. Presl
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Grows on rocks and trees
• Comments / notes : Rather common
• Fertile : December-March
• Collector(s) Name : F. M. Jarrett & C. J. Saldanha; PK Rajagopal
• Collection Date : 23/07/89
• Collection Nos : FMJ & CJS 17075; PKR 46
• Collection Locality : Perumal, Tirunalveli dist; Hebri – near padigar, Udupi
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), Srikakulam district
  • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Chamrajnagar district, Tumkur district, Udupi district
  • Odisha : Keonjhar district, Sambalpur district, Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district)
  • Tamil Nadu : Tirunelveli district
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Fraser-Jenkins, Taxonomic revision of Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 2008; Rajagopal, P.K. & Bhat, K.G. (2016). Pteridophytes of Karnataka State, India. Vinayaka Prakashana Publishers.; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; J.L. Ellis.1990. Flora of Nallamalais Vol-2; H.O. Saxena and M. Brahmam. 1996. The Flora of Orissa, Vol-4; 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=Nephrolepis cordifolia. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

Botanical Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)