✿Dryopteridaceae · Bolbitis
Bolbitis appendiculata
Herb-Lithophyte and Terrestrialoutdoor
- Habit
- Herb-Lithophyte and Terrestrial
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya, West Bengal & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Bolbitis appendiculata
- Genus
- Bolbitis
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Distribution
- India, China, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Kerala, Assam, Sikkim
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compoundrecordedLeaflets are arranged in rows along a central stalk, like a feather.“Sterile lamina dark green and simply pinnate, stalked, oblong, serrate with larger pinnae in the middle, reduced towards both ends.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- EllipticrecordedWidest at the middle, tapering evenly at both ends.“Fertile lamina narrower, elliptic, obtuse and base unequal.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- ToothedrecordedA saw-like or jagged edge (serrate or dentate).“Sterile lamina dark green and simply pinnate, stalked, oblong, serrate with larger pinnae in the middle, reduced towards both ends.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“Fronds are dimorphic, scaly beneath and hairy above.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bolbitis appendiculata itself; the rest are typical of the Dryopteridaceae family.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- ബോൾബിറ്റിസ് അപ്പെൻഡിക്കുലേറ്റ
About Bolbitis appendiculata
Bolbitis appendiculata belongs to the Dryopteridaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya, West Bengal and 3 other states.
Botanical family
Dryopteridaceae
Wood Fern Family
Bolbitis appendiculata belongs to the Dryopteridaceae family.
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