Category: Pyrrosia

Pyrrosia heterophylla (L.) M. Price, Kalikasan 3: 177 1973. (syn: Drymoglossum beddomei C.B.Clarke; Drymoglossum ellipticum T.Moore; Drymoglossum heterophyllum (L.) C.Chr.; Niphobolus nummulariifolius Bedd.; Pteropsis elliptica Desv.; Pteropsis nummularia Desv.; Acrostichum heterophyllum L.; Pteris ceilanica Wikstr.; Pteris elliptica Willd.; Pteris heterophylla L.); > S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . Epiphytes or lithophytes with long creeping rhizome, 1-1.5 mm thick. Scales 1-1.5 x 0.1-0.5 mm, peltate, […]

Pyrrosia porosa (C. Presl) Hovenkamp, Blumea 30(1): 208 1984. (syn: Cyclophorus acrocarpus (Christ & Giesenh.) C.Chr.; Cyclophorus alcicornu Christ; Cyclophorus macrophyllus (Christ) C.Chr.; Cyclophorus malacophyllus (Christ) C.Chr.; Cyclophorus porosus (C.Presl) C.Presl; Cyclophorus schmidianus C.Presl; Cyclophorus sticticus (Kunze) C.Chr.; Cyclophorus xiphioides (Christ) C.Chr.; Niphobolus acrocarpus Christ & Giesenh.;Niphobolus fissus Bedd. (ambiguous synonym); Niphobolus porosus C.Presl; Niphobolus […]

Pyrrosia lanceolata ?;     Kokan, Tree fern for ID :: ARK2019-39 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Requesting to please ID this tree fern. This was growing on most of the mango trees. These were very noticeable in June 2019 after the first rains. The pics were captured near Devgad, coastal Kokan, MH […]

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, […]

Pyrrosia flocculosa (D. Don) Ching, Bull. Chin. Bot. Soc. 1: 66 1935. (syn: Apalophlebia flocculosa (D. Don) C. Presl; Cyclophorus flocculosus (D. Don) C. Chr.; Niphobolus flocculosus (D. Don) Spreng.; Polypodium flocculosum D. Don);           Pyrrosia flocculosa/ABMAR06 : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (8) I found this growing on a […]

Pyrrosia piloselloides (L.) M.G. Price, Kalikasan 3: 176 176 1975. (Syn: Drymoglossum piloselloides (L.) C. Presl; Drymoglossum piloselloides var. platycerioides Z. Teruya; Drymoglossum rotundifolium C. Presl; Elaphoglossum piloselloides (L.) Keyserl.; Lemmaphyllum piloselloides (L.) Luerss.; Notholaena piloselloides (L.) Kaulf. ex Kaulf.; Oetosis piloselloides (L.) Kuntze; Pteris piloselloides L.; Pteropsis piloselloides (L.) Desv.; Taenitis piloselloides (L.) R. Br.); […]

Pyrrosia lanceolata (L.) Farw., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12(8): 245 245 1931. (Syn: Acrostichum dubium Poir.; Acrostichum lanceolatum L.; Candollea lanceolata Mirb. ex Lam. & Mirb.; Craspedaria pertusa (Roxb. ex Hook.) Link; Cyclophorus adnascens (Sw.) Desv. …; Cyclophorus cornutus Copel.; Cyclophorus dimorphus Copel.; Cyclophorus giesenhagenii (H. Christ) C. Chr.; Cyclophorus glaber Desv.; Cyclophorus heterophyllus Desv.; Cyclophorus lanceolatus […]

Pyrrosia species ?;       ID17032011PHK 1: Is it a fern? Growing on tree trunk Habitat: Hilly area of western ghat At Mulshi,Pune Yes, that’s a fern OK.  It is what many species of Lepisorus  do during the dry season.  There are just two species in the south like that, L. nudus and L. amaurolepidus […]