Pteris wallichiana J. Agardh, Recens. Spec. Pter. 69–70 1839. (syn: Campteria heterophlebia (Kunze) Moore; Campteria pectinata C.Presl; Campteria wallichiana (J.Agardh) T.Moore; Litobrochia wallichiana (J.Agardh) Fée; Pteris austrosinica (Ching) Ching; Pteris connexa J.Sm.; Pteris heterophlebia Kunze; Pteris izuensis Ching; Pteris khullarii Pangtey; Pteris longipes D.Don; Pteris morrisonicola Hayata; Pteris occidentalisinica Ching; Pteris raghavendrae H.J.Chowdhery & Singh; Pteris rufopilosa Ching & Y.X.Lin; Pteris tomentella Hand.-Mazz.; Pteris umbrosa Wall.; Pteris wallichiana var. austrosinica Ching; Pteris wallichiana var. obtusa S.H.Wu; Pteris wallichiana var. yunnanensis (Christ) Ching & S.H.Wu; Pteris yunnanensis Christ); China (Jiangxi, Chongqing, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Sichuan,
Yunnan), Tibet, Japan, Ryukyu Isl., Taiwan, India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam
State, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West
Bengal), Nepal, Bhutan, Philippines (Luzon), Java, peninsular Malaysia, New
Guinea, Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, etc.), Sulawesi, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Sri
Lanka, Lesser Sunda Isl. (Lombok, Bali) as per Catalogue of Life; Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal Date: 20 June 2020 Altitude: 2202 m.Habitat : Wild Pteridium revolutum (Blume) Nakai Pteris wallichiana Common at Kathmandu and other places of Himalaya between 1500 to 2800 M. It may be Pteris wallichiana C.Agardh, as the plant is so young and photographs are blur so can't confirm. Looks more close to Pteris wallichiana C.Agardh ! Ferns of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia Thank you … ,it might be Pteris wallichiana J. Agardh, a terrestrial fern with marginal sori. References:
Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 Tropicos IPNI
Flora of China
India Biodiversity Portal Ferns of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia Far Reaches Farm Taxonomic study of Pteris tripartita and P. wallichiana (Pteridaceae) from India PIU DAS, JAIDEEP MAZUMDAR Phytotaxa Vol 414, No 1, 2019 (Abstract- Detailed morphological features and images are presented for Pteris tripartita and P. wallichiana from India, which are often misidentified and confused. Based on field observation and study of specimens, the hairy form of P. wallichiana was accepted as a distinct variety, not a synonym of P. wallichiana. The nomenclatural status of P. wallichiana was clarified. Lectotypes were selected for P. tripartita and P. wallichiana var. yunnanensis.) |