Family
Thelypteridaceae
Species Name
Ampelopteris prolifera (Retz.) Copel.
Species Citation
Ampelopteris prolifera (Retz.) Copel., Gen. Fil. 144. 1947.
Description
Plant 1-meter-longwith numerous vegetative proliferating buds on stem. Stipe bases with sparse dark brown stellate hair, scaly.Scales lanceolate. Stipes stramineous. Lamina lanceolate, bases slightly narrowed, pinnate; pinnae spreading, subopposite, subsessile, lanceolate, margins undulate, apices shortly pointed. Sori attached on middle of veinlets, usually confluent when mature.
Frond
Monomorphic
Frond Division
Pinnate
Group
Ferns
Habit
Herb
Rhizome
Creeping
Scales
Present
Spores
Monolete
Stipes
Rounded
Veins
Anastomosing
Distribution (District-wise)
Lucknow/Bahraich/Gonda/Gorakhpur/Lakhimpur Kheri/Meerut/Sonbhadra
Habitat
Terrestrial
Uses
Ornamental
