Microlepia majuscula (E.J.Lowe) T.Moore (1861:297)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonyms: Davallia majuscula E.J.Lowe in Ferns 8: t. 33 (1859); Microlepia proxima Bedd. in Ferns S. India: t. 254 (1863); Davallia proxima Thwaites in Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 438 (1864), sensu auct.; Davallia thwaitesii Baker in W.J.Hooker & J.G.Baker, Syn. Fil.: 99 (1867); Microlepia thwaitesii (Baker) Bedd. in Ferns Brit. India, Correct.: II (1870); Microlepia majuscula var. polyura Prantl in Arbeiten Königl. Bot. Gart. Breslau 1: 34 (1892)

Conservation Status

Erroneously listed as Missing (MOE, 2012)

Distribution & Habitat

India, Myanmar & Sri Lanka

Anatomy & Morphology

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Fraser-Jenkins, C. R. et al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.

MOE (Ministry of Environment). (2012). The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora. Ministry of Environment, Colombo, Sri Lanka. viii + 476 pp.

POWO. (2024). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 5 July 2024]

Ranil, R. H. G., Gunawardena, N. P. T., Muthukuda Arachchi, D. K. T., Pushpakumara, D. K. N. G. and Wijesundara, D. S. A. (2020). Pteridophytes in Sri Lanka, pp. 170-188. In: The National Red List 2020 - Conservation Status of the Flora of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka: Biodiversity Secretariat, Ministry of Environment and the National Herbarium, Department of National Botanic Gardens. xviii + 254 pp.

Roskov Y. et al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

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