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Woodwardia unigemmata (Makino) Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 39(461): 103 1925. (syn Blechnum japonicum Houtt. ; Woodwardia himalaica Ching & S.K.Wu ; Woodwardia latiloba Ching & P.S.Chiu ; Woodwardia maxima Ching ex P.S.Chiu ; Woodwardia yunnanensis Ching & P.S.Chiu; Woodwardia radicans var. unigemmata Makino);
. Pakistan to S. Central & S. Japan and N. Indo-China, Jawa, Philippines, New Guinea: Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Japan, Jawa, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO; .      Woodwardia unigemmata/ABFEB07 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)
I have finally got around to research and narrow down the fern I collected on Sunday to a Woodwardia. Dr Khullar says that there is only one species of Woodwardia found in India and that is Woodwardia unigemmata. I can be wrong in my identification, of course, but I did not find any other fern that resembles my sample in Dr Khullar’s book (both volumes). I did not get home till late in the evening with my sample and had to photograph it under artificial light for which I apologise. I should have carried my camera on the walk.
Woodwardia unigemmata (a common English name for the Woodwardia sp. is Chain Fern)
Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP
2000m approx.
15 Feb. 2015 … again; nice close ups. ok to it this way .     Beautiful fern from Renuka ji Himachal – efloraofindia | Google Groups: 4 images. A Beautiful fern from Renuka ji Himachal Pic Taken in June 2008 Please help for id I think it would be Tectaria paradoxa It is Woodwardia unigemmata The fern may be Woodwardia radicans. Can you send me one close up photograph of sori alone (like one I have attached herewith) so that I can confirm the identification. The plant in the attached photo is Woodwardia radicans (Blechnaceae) with two rows of elliptical to oval sori flanking both sides of the mid-rib. Closeup of the fern i think id is solved now
It is Woodwardia unigemmata Syn W. radicans, W. himalaica (ref An illustrated fern flora of the West Himalaya by S P Khullar vol 2 pp 476-77) Attaching two more photos of the same. 2 images. .
    Fern from Chakrata: 7 images. Clicked on 30.3.26 at Chakrata, Uttarakhand, above 7000 ft. onwards. It is apity that people think photography of ferns is just “clicking” from a poor mobile phone. And only a pinna is shown.
If they are genuinely interested in ferns than they should start to read some of the literature. For example why didn’t they turn to Khullar’s Illustrated fern flora of the West Himalaya – where their question would have been answered? This not the way to approach the science of Botany. I’m almost tempted to say – please look it up!
But anyway it is the extremely well known and distinctive, common species, Woodwardia unigemmata..
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Woodwardia unigemmata
Updated on August 27, 2026