• Family : POLYPODIACEAE
  (OAKLEAF FERN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : POLYPODIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Drynaria quercifolia (L.) J. Sm.
• Habit : Herb-Epiphytic
• Comments / notes : Common epiphyte on old trees, especially along road sides, sometimes grows in crevices of old buildings.
• Collector(s) Name : F. M. Jarrett, C. J. Saldanha & T.P.Ramamoorthy; C. J. Saldanha; PK Rajagopal
• Collection Date : 04/09/1970; 05/09/1965; 14/08/1989
• Collection Nos : HFP 636; CS 9922; PKR 75
• Collection Locality : Bagi, Hassan; Shakleshpur, Hassan; Kaiga, Uttarakannada dist.
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Chamrajnagar district, Mysore district, Tumkur district, Uttara Kannada district, Bangalore district, Shimoga district
  • Odisha : Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Khordha district, Sambalpur district, Puri district, Balasore district, Nayagarh district, Keonjhar district
• World Distribution : India, South-East Asia, Australia
• 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=Drynaria quercifolia. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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