Research Article | Published: 01 March 2014

On the occurrence of Athyrium nakanoi Makino (Woodsiaceae) in Sikkim Himalaya

Bhupendra Singh Kholia, Piu Das and Subhash  Pradhan

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 37 | Issue: 1 | Page No. 81-86 | 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2014-37W009 | Cite this article

Abstract

A lady fern known from Japan, Taiwan, China and more recently from Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh in India, Athyrium nakanoi  Makino is reported here for the first time from Sikkim. It is red listed under near threatened category of IUCN. Recollection of this rare fern from a new locality of Indian Himalaya is significant. A small report on its occurrence, taxonomy, distribution, Phytogeography and conservation is presented here.

Keywords

Lady fern, Red listed, Threatened, Rare, Indian Himalaya, Conservation

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Kholia, B.S., Das, P. and Pradhan, S., 2014. On the occurrence of Athyrium nakanoi Makino (Woodsiaceae) in Sikkim Himalaya. Indian Journal of Forestry, 37(1), pp.81-86. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2014-37W009

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