Terrestrial herbs with erect rhizome, 1-2 x 1 cm. Scales 4-5 x 1-0.5 mm, linear, dark brown in the middle, paler along the margins. Fronds 30-45 x 2.5-3 cm, simply pinnate with long cirrhose, bulbiferous apex; stipe 5-10 cm long, scaly at the base, densely hairy above; pinnae 1.5 x 0.5 cm, dimidiate, oblong in outline, lobed, brown hispid; veins distinct above and below. Sori 0.5 x 0.4 mm, dark brown, reniform; indusia dark brown, hispid. Sporangial capsule 250 x 125 µm, subglobose, dark brown, stalk 125 µm long. Spores 45-50 x 25 µm, dark brown, tetrahedral, tuberculate.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Adiantum assamicum (Nayar) Nayar |
| synonym | Adiantum borneense Gand. |
| synonym | Adiantum caudatum var. angustilobatum Bonap. |
| synonym | Adiantum caudatum var. assamicum Nayar |
| synonym | Adiantum ciliatum Bl. |
| synonym | Adiantum flabelliferum Wall. |
| synonym | Adiantum lomesam B. K. Nayar & Geev. |
| synonym | Adiantum lyratum Blanco |
| synonym | Adiantum radicans Fée |
| synonym | Adiantum wangii C. M. Kuo, nom. nud. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
K. P. Rajesh
| Attributions | K. P. Rajesh |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
In moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests.
K. P. Rajesh
| Attributions | K. P. Rajesh |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Description
Indian Distribution
Kerala (Palakkad, Wayanad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam districts)
K. P. Rajesh
| Attributions | K. P. Rajesh |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
Occassional
K. P. Rajesh
| Attributions | K. P. Rajesh |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Siddha
Traditional chinese medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=59
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=59 |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=59
- Smith, A. R., Pryer, K. M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. and Wolf, P.G. 2008. Fern classification. In: T. A. Ranker and C. H. Haufler (eds. ) Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes. pp. 417–67. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- Smith, A. R. 2010. Appendix A Classification system of ferns and lycophytes. In: Mehltreter, K., L.R. Walker and J.M. Sharpe (eds.). Fern Ecolgy. pp. 379-385. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- Smith, A. R., Pryer, K. M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. and Wolf, P.G. 2006. A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55: 705–731.
- Smith, A. R., Pryer, K. M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. and Wolf, P.G. 2008. Fern classification. In: T. A. Ranker and C. H. Haufler (eds. ) Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes. pp. 417–67. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- Smith, A. R. 2010. Appendix A Classification system of ferns and lycophytes. In: Mehltreter, K., L.R. Walker and J.M. Sharpe (eds.). Fern Ecolgy. pp. 379-385. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- Smith, A. R., Pryer, K. M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. and Wolf, P.G. 2006. A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55: 705–731.
Information Listing > References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=59
- Smith, A. R., Pryer, K. M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. and Wolf, P.G. 2008. Fern classification. In: T. A. Ranker and C. H. Haufler (eds. ) Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes. pp. 417–67. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- Smith, A. R. 2010. Appendix A Classification system of ferns and lycophytes. In: Mehltreter, K., L.R. Walker and J.M. Sharpe (eds.). Fern Ecolgy. pp. 379-385. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- Smith, A. R., Pryer, K. M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. and Wolf, P.G. 2006. A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55: 705–731.
- Smith, A. R., Pryer, K. M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. and Wolf, P.G. 2008. Fern classification. In: T. A. Ranker and C. H. Haufler (eds. ) Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes. pp. 417–67. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- Smith, A. R. 2010. Appendix A Classification system of ferns and lycophytes. In: Mehltreter, K., L.R. Walker and J.M. Sharpe (eds.). Fern Ecolgy. pp. 379-385. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- Smith, A. R., Pryer, K. M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. and Wolf, P.G. 2006. A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55: 705–731.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Polypodiopsida |
| Order | Polypodiales |
| Family | Pteridaceae |
| Genus | Adiantum |
| Species | Adiantum caudatum L. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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