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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. |
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