Cerioporus

Cerioporus squamosus (Huds.) Quél.     Cerioporus species ?- Nagarkot, Bhaktapur, Nepal  

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Microlepia speluncae

Microlepia speluncae (L.) T. Moore, Index Fil. 93 1857. (syn: Acrophorus jamaicensis (Hook.) T.Moore; Alsophila grevilleana Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Aspidium dicksoniifolium A.Rich.; Aspidium puberum Wall.; Aspidium speluncae (L.) Willd.; Cystopteris aspidioides C.Presl; Cystopteris orientalis Desv.; Davallia divergens Kunze; Davallia flaccida R.Br. (ambiguous synonym); Davallia flaccida var. pyramidata C.B.Clarke; Davallia hirta Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Davallia jamaicensis […]

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Microlepia species- Wayanad, Kerala

4 pictures for you – efloraofindia | Google Groups : (mixed thread): 4 images. Pictures of a fern, ID please I think this is “Shield fern” !! Can this be Dryopteris marginalis? Yes … it is Dryopteris marginalis Bingo !! I got it on target !! i was waiting for a validation as the sorus are […]

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Tripogon species- Hosur area of Tamilnadu

  Pogonatherum crinitum (Thunb.) Kunth SN Oct 52 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4) Pogonatherum crinitum (Thunb.) Kunth, a wild grass around 2 feet height from Hosur area of Tamilnadu …, i am doubtful about it… I don’t think it is any Pogonatherum because leaves as well as inflorescence looks much different… This […]

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Tripogon species- Pune, Maharashtra

Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: SMP5 Pune for ID : Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors. Trying to post some images with inadequate data. Hoping to get to near ID so that I can study further. May be 3-4 feet high probably Tripogon sp. Kindly tell about the habit of the plant, whether found […]

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Phymatosorus cuspidatus subsp. beddomei

Phymatosorus cuspidatus subsp. beddomei (S.R.Ghosh) Fraser-Jenk., Taxon. Revis. Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 55 2008. (syn:Microsorum beddomei (S.R.Ghosh) Mazumdar; Microsorum cuspidatum subsp. beddomei (S.R.Ghosh) Fraser-Jenk.; Phymatosorus beddomei S.R. Ghosh); . S. India as per POWO; . S-India as per Catalogue of Life; . Epiphytes or lithophytes with creeping, dark green, branched, rhizome, 2-3 cm thick, apex covered with brownish-black scales. Scales 5 […]

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Aleuritopteris anceps

Aleuritopteris anceps (Blanf.) Panigrahi, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 2(3–4): 321 1961. (syn: Aleuritopteris calicicola Ching; Aleuritopteris farinosa var. anceps (Blanf.) Ching; Aleuritopteris javanensis Saiki; Aleuritopteris pseudofarinosa Ching & S.K.Wu; Aleuritopteris pseudofarinosa var. glandulosa H.G.Zhou; Aleuritopteris rigidula Saiki; Aleuritopteris wuyishanensis Ching; Cheilanthes anceps Blanf.; Cheilanthes candida Zoll. (ambiguous synonym); Cheilanthes farinosa var. anceps (Blanf.) Blanf.; Cheilanthes […]

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Epidendrum spathatum (Cultivated- USA)

Epidendrum spathatum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 55 (1917). (syn: Epidendrum embreei Dodson); . W. Colombia to Ecuador as per WCSP; . Orchid for ID : Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, USA : 18APR20 : AK-71 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7) Orchids seen at the Conservatory in ABG during my visit in October, 2018.  Is this Epidendrum embreei? http://www.theorchidcolumn.Epidendrum%20embreei This looks so similar to Epidendrum […]

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Huperzia niligarica

Phlegmariurus niligaricus (Spring) A.R.Field & Bostock, PhytoKeys 20: 44, 2013 (syn: Huperzia hilliana (Nessel) Holub; Huperzia niligarica (Spring) Dixit; Lycopodium niligaricum Spring; Phlegmariurus hillianus (Nessel) A.R.Field & Bostock; Phlegmariurus niligaricus (Spring) A.R.Field & Testo; Urostachys hillianus Nessel); . SW. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO (Huperzia niligarica (Spring) R.D.Dixit); . India (Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka), […]

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Botrychium lanuginosum

Japanobotrychum lanuginosum (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) M.Nishida ex Tagawa, J. Jap. Bot. 33: 201, 1958. (syn: Botrychium arisanense (Masam.) Masam.; Botrychium decurrens Ching; Botrychium lanuginosum Wall.; Botrychium lanuginosum var. leptostachyum (Hayata) Nakai; Botrychium lanuginosum var. nanum Alderw.; Botrychium lanuginosum var. nepalense (Nishida) Nair & Dixit; Botrychium leptostachyum Hayata; Botrychium modestum Ching; Botrychium parvum Ching; Botrychium […]

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Botrychium daucifolium

Sceptridium daucifolium (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Lyon, Bot. Gaz. 40(6): 457 1905. (syn: Botrychium daucifolium (Wall.) Hook. & Grev.; Botrychium officinale Ching; Botrychium parvifolium var. parvum Alderw.; Botrychium subcarnosum Wall.; Sceptridium daucifolium (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Y.X.Lin; Sceptridium daucifolium var. intermedium Sahashi; Sceptridium daucifolium var. kanaii Sahashi; Sceptridium officinale (Ching) Ching & H.S.Kung); […]

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Bolbitis semicordata

Bolbitis semicordata (Bak.) Ching, C. Chr., Ind. Fil., Suppl. III: 50, 1934 (syn: Acrostichum semicordatum (Moore) Bak.; Bolbitis semicordata var. incisa Nayar & Chandra; Bolbitis thommankuthiana S.Nampy; Campium semicordatum (Moore) Copel.; Gymnopteris semicordata (Moore) J.Sm.; Phegopteris hosei var. sumbensis Alderw. (ambiguous synonym); Poecilopteris semicordata Moore); . S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . S-India […]

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Bolbitis

Bolbitis beddomei Fraser-Jenk. & Gandhi (S. India as per POWO)    Bolbitis feeiana (Copel.) Fraser-Jenk. & Gandhi (W. India as per POWO)      Bolbitis semicordata (Bak.) Ching (S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO)  

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Hymenasplenium obscurum

Hymenasplenium obscurum (Bl.) Tag.,  Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 7: 83, 1938 (syn: Asplenium auritum var. obscurum (Bl.) E.Fourn.; Asplenium cristatum Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Asplenium erosodentatum Bl.; Asplenium obscurum Bl.; Asplenium obscurum var. angustum Tag.; Asplenium serraeforme Mett.; Asplenium unilaterale var. bivalvatum B.K.Nayar & Geev.; Asplenium unilaterale var. cristatum Bonap.; Hemiasplenium obscurum var. angustum (Tag.) Tag.; Hymenasplenium […]

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Hymenasplenium

Hymenasplenium obscurum (Bl.) Tag. (Tanzania to Limpopo, Madagascar, Tropical & Subtropical Asia: Assam, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Northern Provinces, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, Zimbabwe as per POWO)  

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Asplenium laciniatum subsp. laciniatum

Asplenium laciniatum D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 8 1825. (syn: Asplenium caespitosum Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Asplenium depauperatum Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Asplenium fimbriatum Kunze (ambiguous synonym); Asplenium fimbriatum var. leptophyllum Kunze; Asplenium fimbriatum var. leptophyllum Zenker ex Kunze; Asplenium kansuense Ching; Asplenium lankongense Ching; Asplenium mae Viane & Reichst.; Asplenium neovarians Ching; Asplenium parvulum Wall. (ambiguous […]

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Asplenium aethiopicum subsp. aethiopicum

Asplenium aethiopicum (Burm. f.) Bech., Candollea 6: 22 1935. (syn: Asplenium adiantoides (L.) C.Chr. (ambiguous synonym); Asplenium adiantoides (L.) Lam. (ambiguous synonym); Asplenium aemilii-guineae Alston; Asplenium cultratum Gaud. (ambiguous synonym); Asplenium cuneatum Hook. & Grev. (ambiguous synonym); Asplenium dentex Kunze (ambiguous synonym); Asplenium denticulatum Bl. (ambiguous synonym); Asplenium falsum Retz.; Asplenium fragrans Schkuhr (ambiguous synonym); […]

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Asplenium decrescens

Asplenium decrescens Kunze, Linnaea 24: 261 1851.; . SW. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life; . Epiphytes or terrestrials with erect rhizome 2 x 2 cm. Scales 6-7 x 0.8-0.9 mm, lanceolate, linear, dark brown, clathrate, rounded to cordate at base, long […]

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Asplenium serricula

Asplenium serricula Fée, Mém. Foug. 5: 196 1852. (syn: Asplenium coriaceum Bory (ambiguous synonym); Asplenium matsumurae Christ ex Matsum.; Asplenium wightianum Wall.; Asplenium wightianum var. microphyllum Matsumura & Hayata; Asplenium matsumurae Christ); . India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka, Taiwan as per POWO; . India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka, Taiwan (incl. LanYu Isl.), ?Philippines as […]

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