South Asian Bracken
Pteridium revolutum
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & more
How to identify South Asian Bracken
Identify South Asian Bracken by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Coarse, aggressively spreading bracken fern.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Dennstaedtiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is South Asian Bracken.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pteridium revolutum
- Genus
- Pteridium
- Family
- Dennstaedtiaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Sikkim
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
About South Asian Bracken
A member of the Dennstaedtiaceae family, South Asian bracken (Pteridium revolutum) is a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and 9 other states.
Dennstaedtiaceae
Bracken Family
South Asian Bracken belongs to the Dennstaedtiaceae family.
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