Terrestrial herb with erect rhizome, 2-3 x 2-2.5 cm. Scales 2.5-3 x 0.5 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, pale brown. Fronds 20-30 x 10-15 cm, dichotomously branched, 4 or 5 times; stipe 10-15 cm long, dark brown to black, hispid; pinnae 2-10 cm long, pinnules 1 x 0.6-0.8 cm, dimidiate, obovate, elliptic or rhomboid, shortly stipitate, truncate to cuneate at base; sterile pinnae serrate, fertile pinnae serrate to lobed; hispid coriaceous. Sori along the reflexed margins, reniform, 1 x 1 mm, dark brown to black. Sporangial capsule 250 x 125 µm, subglobose, stalk 125 µm long. Spores 37.5 x 37.5 µm, yellow, trilete, tetrahedral.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Adiantum flabellulatum Wall. |
| synonym | Adiantum hispidulum var. glabratum Domin |
| synonym | Adiantum lobulatum Kze. |
| synonym | Adiantum meyerianum Zoll. |
| synonym | Adiantum nervosum Sw. |
| synonym | Adiantum pedatum Forst. |
| synonym | Adiantum plicatum Kaulf. |
| synonym | Adiantum scabrum Wall. |
| synonym | Adiantum tenellum Moore |
| synonym | Adiantum tenue Domin |
| synonym | Adiantum tenue var. bicolor Domin |
| synonym | Adiantum tenue var. caudiforme Domin |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
K. P. Rajesh
| Attributions | K. P. Rajesh |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Growing in moist deciduous, semi-evergreen and evergreen forests.
K. P. Rajesh
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| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Description
Global Distribution
India, Sri Lanka, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Africa and Eastern Islands
Indian Distribution
Kerala (Idukki district)
K. P. Rajesh
| Attributions | K. P. Rajesh |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 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
📚 Information Listing
References
- 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. 2006. A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55: 705–731.
- 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. 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.
Information Listing > References
- 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. 2006. A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55: 705–731.
- 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. 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.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Polypodiopsida |
| Order | Polypodiales |
| Family | Pteridaceae |
| Genus | Adiantum |
| Species | Adiantum hispidulum Sw. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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