Polystichum lentum (D.Don) T.Moore, Index Fil.: 86 (1858) (syn: Aspidium auriculatum var. lentum (D.Don) C.B.Clarke; Aspidium auriculatum var. subpinnatum Hook. ; Aspidium lentum D.Don; Aspidium ocellatum Wall. ex Mett. ; Polystichum auriculatum var. lentum (D.Don) Bedd.; Polystichum auriculatum var. subpinnatum (Hook.) Bedd. ; Polystichum chunii Ching ; Polystichum lentum var. bifurcatum M.C.Biswas & Soumen K.Basu ; Polystichum longipes Ching & S.K.Wu ; Polystichum medogense Ching & S.K.Wu ; Polystichum ocellatum Schott ; Polystichum panigrahianum Sarn.Singh ; Polystichum sublentum Sarn.Singh & Panigrahi );
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Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China, Taiwan: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO;
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Id of the fern species?: 2 images.
Collected from Kedarnath Trekking way
This is Polystichum lentum, a very common N. Indian species.
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References:
POWO GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of China FOC illustration New Zealand Flora iNaturalist