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Asplenium polyodon G. Forst.

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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAsplenium adiantoides (L.) C. Chr.
synonymAsplenium adiantoides var. fibrillosum Domin
synonymAsplenium adiantoides var. macrurum Domin
synonymAsplenium adiantoides var. polyodon (Forst.) C. Chr.
synonymAsplenium adiantoides var. squamulosum C. Chr.
synonymAsplenium contiguum Bedd.
synonymAsplenium cookii Copel.
synonymAsplenium cultratum Gaud.
synonymAsplenium cultrifolium Roxb.
synonymAsplenium cumingii Mett.
synonymAsplenium dentato-serratum Fourn.
synonymAsplenium falcatum Lam.
synonymAsplenium falcatum var. caudatum (G. Forst.) Allan
synonymAsplenium falcatum var. whittlei F. M. Bailey
synonymAsplenium falcifolium Moore
synonymAsplenium fastigiatum Fourn.
synonymAsplenium forsterianum Col.
synonymAsplenium intermedium Kaulf.
synonymAsplenium kaulfussii Presl
synonymAsplenium lofouense Christ
synonymAsplenium longjinense Ching & S.H.Wu
synonymAsplenium multisectum Bl.
synonymAsplenium nitidulum Hillebr.
synonymAsplenium polyodon var. squamulosum (C. Chr.) R.Rodr.
synonymAsplenium schoggersii Alderw.
synonymAsplenium truncatum Bl.
synonymAsplenium urophyllum Wall.
synonymAsplenium zamiifolium Presl
synonymChamaefilix adiantioides Farw.
synonymTarachia adiantoides (L.) Nakai ex Tuyama
synonymTarachia caudata Presl
synonymTarachia falcata (Lam.) Presl
synonymTarachia haenkeana Presl
synonymTarachia polyodon (G. Forst.) Presl
synonymTrichomanes adiantoides L.
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📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
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Description
Lithophytes or terrestrial herb with erect, densely scaly, rhizome, 10 x 4 cm. Scales 10-12 x 1.5-2 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, dark brown, smooth or minutely toothed. Fronds 30-80 x 10-20 cm, bipinnate; stipe 20-35 cm, densely scaly, dark brownish to black; lamina oblong-acuminate in outline; pinnae 6-10 x 2-3.5 cm, lanceolate in outline, progressively reduced towards apex; pinnules 2.5-3 x 1.5 cm, ovate or rhomboid in outline, lobed to serrate, glabrous, coriaceous, progressively reduced towards apex, terminal pinnules irregularly lobed; veins forked, distinct above. Sori 10-12 mm long, linear, dark brown, indusia translucent. Sporangial capsule 312.5 x 312.5 µm, globose, stalk 375 µm long. Spores 50 x 40 mm, dark brown to black, with thickly folded perine.
K. P. Rajesh
Attributions K. P. Rajesh
Contributors 
K P Rajesh
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY_NC
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    📚 Habitat and Distribution
    General Habitat
    Growing in semi-evergreen and evergreen forests
    K. P. Rajesh
    Attributions K. P. Rajesh
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
      Description
      Global Distribution

      India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malay Peninsula, Australia, Africa and Polynesia

      Indian Distribution

      Kerala (Kannur, Malappuram, Palakkad, Alappuzha, Kollam, Idukki and Pathanamthitta districts)

      K. P. Rajesh
      Attributions K. P. Rajesh
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY_NC
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        📚 Occurrence
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        📚 Demography and Conservation
        Conservation Status
        Occasional
        K. P. Rajesh
        Attributions K. P. Rajesh
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY_NC
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          📚 Uses and Management
          Uses

          System of Medicines Used In

          Folk medicine
          Folk medicine
          System Of Medicines Used In

          Folk medicine

          FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2666
          Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2666
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
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            📚 Information Listing
            References
            1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2666
            1. Smith, A. R. 2010. Appendix A Classification system of ferns and lycophytes. In: Mehltreter, K., L.R. Walker and J.M. Sharpe (eds.). Fern Ecolgy. pp. 379-385. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
            2. Smith, A. R., Pryer, K. M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. and Wolf, P.G. 2008. Fern classification. In: T. A. Ranker and C. H. Haufler (eds. ) Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes. pp. 417–67. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
            3. Smith, A. R., Pryer, K. M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. and Wolf, P.G. 2006. A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55: 705–731.
            4. Smith, A. R., Pryer, K. M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. and Wolf, P.G. 2008. Fern classification. In: T. A. Ranker and C. H. Haufler (eds. ) Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes. pp. 417–67. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
            5. Smith, A. R., Pryer, K. M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. and Wolf, P.G. 2006. A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55: 705–731.
            6. Smith, A. R. 2010. Appendix A Classification system of ferns and lycophytes. In: Mehltreter, K., L.R. Walker and J.M. Sharpe (eds.). Fern Ecolgy. pp. 379-385. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
            Information Listing > References
            1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2666
            2. Smith, A. R. 2010. Appendix A Classification system of ferns and lycophytes. In: Mehltreter, K., L.R. Walker and J.M. Sharpe (eds.). Fern Ecolgy. pp. 379-385. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
            3. Smith, A. R., Pryer, K. M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. and Wolf, P.G. 2008. Fern classification. In: T. A. Ranker and C. H. Haufler (eds. ) Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes. pp. 417–67. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
            4. Smith, A. R., Pryer, K. M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. and Wolf, P.G. 2006. A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55: 705–731.
            5. Smith, A. R., Pryer, K. M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. and Wolf, P.G. 2008. Fern classification. In: T. A. Ranker and C. H. Haufler (eds. ) Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes. pp. 417–67. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
            6. Smith, A. R., Pryer, K. M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. and Wolf, P.G. 2006. A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55: 705–731.
            7. Smith, A. R. 2010. Appendix A Classification system of ferns and lycophytes. In: Mehltreter, K., L.R. Walker and J.M. Sharpe (eds.). Fern Ecolgy. pp. 379-385. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
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            🐾 Taxonomy
            RootRoot
            KingdomPlantae
            PhylumTracheophyta
            ClassPolypodiopsida
            OrderPolypodiales
            FamilyAspleniaceae
            GenusAsplenium
            SpeciesAsplenium polyodon G. Forst.
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