• Family : DRYOPTERIDACEAE
  (WOOD FERN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : DRYOPTERIDACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Bolbitis semicordata var. incisa Nayar & Chandra
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Not Found in The Plant List
• Habit : Herb-Lithophyte
• Habitat : In shade of forest under growth
• Comments / notes : Found along shaded stream banks. Common rhizomatous fern with fertile and sterile fronds
• Collector(s) Name : F. M. Jarrett & T.P.Ramamoorthy; C.J. Saldanha
• Collection Date : 22/02/70
• Collection Nos : HFP 1000; PKR 425; CS 16350
• Collection Locality : Maranahalli, Hassan
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Chikamagalur district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Shimoga district, Uttara Kannada district
• Native : India
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Fraser-Jenkins, Taxonomic revision of Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 2008; Rajagopal & Bhat, Pteridophytic flora of Karnataka State- 1998;
• 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=Bolbitis semicordata. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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