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Plant Science Research, Vol. 42 2020, Pages : 71-74

Deeptimayee Samal, Anil Kumar Biswal, Kunja Bihari Satpathy and Nirad Chandra Rout

A new distributional record of Actinopteris radiata (Sw.) Link. (Pteridaceae) from Eastern India; a threatened taxon

Family Actinopteridaceae Pichi-Sermoli (1970) has been merged into family Pteridaceae Ching. by Kramer & Green (1990) and Smith et al. (2006). Actinopteris radiata (Sw.) Link., a tiny clumped fern with miniature fan-palm shaped leaves was reported from south, central and west India but never from eastern India. Present collection extends the geographical territory of the taxon. This medicinally useful species has been extensively collected hence has become threatened. The taxonomic and distributional aspect has been discussed in this paper.



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