Herbarium JCB

Pteridium revolutum (Blume) Nakai

Family : DENNSTAEDTIACEAE
(BRACKEN FAMILY)
Family (as per The APG System III) : DENNSTAEDTIACEAE
Basionym : Pteris revoluta Blume
Synonym(s) : Pteridium aquilinum auct. non (L.) Kuhn
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Pteridium revolutum (Blume) Nakai
Habit : Undershrub
Comments / notes : Abundant on grasslands and at forest fringes of hilly regions.
Fertile : December
Collector(s) Name : T. P. Ramamoorthy; PK. Rajagopal
Collection Nos : HFP 1577; PKR 181
Collection Locality : Hassan; Madikere, Kodagu dist.
Distribution :
- Karnataka : Hassan district, Kodagu district, Chamrajnagar district, Shimoga district, Uttara Kannada district; Ballari district, Kolar district, Kodagu (Coorg) district
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Keonjhar district, Khurda district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district,Sambalpur district, Sundergarh district, PLN
- Tamil Nadu : CGP, Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district,
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.
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=Pteridium revolutum. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.