Osmolindsaea odorata (Roxb.) Lehtonen & Christenh. (syn: Lindsaea bullata Alderw.; Lindsaea calomelanos Kze.; Lindsaea crassipes Rosenst.; Lindsaea cultrata var. attenuata Hook.; Lindsaea cultrata var. minor Hook.; Lindsaea cultrata var. pallens Hook.; Lindsaea cultrata var. parvula Holtt.; Lindsaea cultrata var. varia Copel.; Lindsaea loheriana Christ; Lindsaea neocultrata Ching & Wang; Lindsaea odorata Roxb. ex Griff.; Lindsaea odorata var. darjeelingensis Sen & Sen.; Osmolindsaea minor (Hook.) Lehtonen & Christenh.);
Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Madagascar, Japan, Ryukyu Isl., China (Fujian, Guangdong,
Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Tibet, ?Cambodia, ?Laos, Vietnam, Sumatra, Java, Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao, Negros, Panay, Mindoro), Lesser Sunda Isl. (Flores), New Guinea, Solomon Isl. (Bougainville, Guadalcanal, Kolombangara), peninsular Malaysia (Perak, Pahang), Bangladesh, Bhutan, India (Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Darjeeling, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, etc.), Myanmar [Burma], Nepal, Thailand, Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, etc.), Bangladesh, Moluccas (Seram, Talaud), Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life; Lindsaea odorata from Meghalaya for id:: NS April 2018-04 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) Please find some pics of a fern, which was identified as Lindsaea odorata Roxb.
The pics were recorded from Cherrapunji area of Meghalaya, hopefully the id will get validated..
Yes, verified, L. odorata – it is very common everywhere in Meghalaya and in N.E. and N. Central India plus Nepal, Bhutan.
References: Catalogue of Life Tropicos The Plant List Ver.1.1 WCSP Flora of China FOC illustration India Biodiversity Portal biodiversity.bt Flora Malesiana Taxonomic Revision of the Fern Genus Osmolindsaea (Lindsaeaceae) in Systematic Botany 38(4):887-900 · December 2013 |