Pyrrosia costata – eFlora of India

October 15, 2017
Pyrrosia

Pyrrosia costata Tagawa & K. Iwats., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 22(4–6): 100 1967. (syn: Cyclophorus beddomeanus (Giesenh.) C. Chr.; Niphobolus beddomeanus Giesenh.; Niphobolus beddomeanus f. fallax Giesenhagen; Niphobolus costatus Presl (ambiguous synonym); Niphobolus costatus Presl ex Bedd. (ambiguous synonym); Polypodium costatum (Presl) Hook.; Pyrrosia beddomeana (Giesenh.) Ching);

Myanmar [Burma], N-Thailand, Nepal, N-India (Uttarakhand, Darjeeling, Sikkim,
Meghalaya, Garo, Khasia Hills, Bihar, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Vietnam,
Bhutan, China (Yunnan), Tibet as per Catalogue of Life;

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SK764 28 SEP-2017:ID : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)

Location: Peace Pagoda, Pokhara, Nepal

Date : 11 August 2017
Altitude : 3700 ft.

Pteridophyta … ???

That’s a juvenile Pyrrosia costata with Selaginella subdiaphana.

References:

Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1
Tropicos IPNI Flora of China
FOC illustration Plant illustrations Ferns of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia Bhutan Biodiversity Portal

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