Terrestrial herbs with erect or suberect, densely scaly, rhizome, 2 x 2.5 cm. Scales 2-4 x 0.1-0.5 mm, linear-lanceolate, dark brown in the middle, paler along margin, entire. Fronds 3-4 x 3-4.5 cm, simple, flabellate; stipe 8-10 cm long; lamina dichotomously lobed, lobes linear, 2-4 x 0.1-0.15 mm, lobed; fertile lamina narrower. Sori linear, marginal, covered by the reflexed margins of the pinnae lobes. Sporangial capsule 250 x 225 µm, subglobose, stalk 375 µm. Spores 62.5 x 50 µm, trilete, tetrahedral, rugulose to verrucate.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Acropteris dichotoma (Forssk.) Farw. |
| synonym | Acropteris radiata (Sw.) Link |
| synonym | Acrostichum dichotomum Forssk. |
| synonym | Acrostichum radiatum (Sw.) König |
| synonym | Actiniopteris australis var. radiata (Sw.) C. Chr. |
| synonym | Actiniopteris dichotoma (Forssk.) Kuhn |
| synonym | Asplenium polydactylon Webb |
| synonym | Asplenium radiatum Sw. |
| synonym | Blechnum flabellatum Presl |
| synonym | Blechnum radiatum (Sw.) Presl |
| synonym | Pteris radiata (Sw.) Boj. |
🗒 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
Growing in grasslands and dry decidous forests.
K. P. Rajesh
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Description
Global Distribution
India, Sri Lanka, United Arab Republic, Iran, Pakistan, Africa, Mascaren Islands, Iran and Afganistan
Indian Distribution
Kerala (Palakkad and Idukki districts)
K. P. Rajesh
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
Rare
K. P. Rajesh
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📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=3287
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=3287 |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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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=3287
- 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., 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.
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=3287
- 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., 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.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Polypodiopsida |
| Order | Polypodiales |
| Family | Pteridaceae |
| Genus | Actiniopteris |
| Species | Actiniopteris radiata (Koenig ex Sw.) Link |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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