<i>Cyathea nilgirensis</i> Holttum (Cyatheaceae: Pteridophyta): a threatened tree fern from central Western Ghats, India

<i>Cyathea nilgirensis</i> Holttum (Cyatheaceae: Pteridophyta): a threatened tree fern from central Western Ghats, India

While studying some of the exclusive and threatened swamps overgrown with wild nutmeg trees (Myristica swamps), in the Kathalekan forest of Uttara Kannada in central Western Ghats, Cyathea nilgirensis Holttum, a southern Indian endemic tree fern was seen growing in the deep shade of the swampy fores...

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Main Authors: S.N. Dudani, M.K. Mahesh, M.D.S. Chandran, T.V. Ramachandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
Online Access:http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/1562
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spelling doaj-487d2f7f96674b3cb256dc4f63af78232020-11-25T00:41:02ZengWildlife Information Liaison Development SocietyJournal of Threatened Taxa0974-78930974-79072014-01-01615413541610.11609/JoTT.o3343.3413-5413-61545<i>Cyathea nilgirensis</i> Holttum (Cyatheaceae: Pteridophyta): a threatened tree fern from central Western Ghats, IndiaS.N. DudaniM.K. MaheshM.D.S. ChandranT.V. RamachandraWhile studying some of the exclusive and threatened swamps overgrown with wild nutmeg trees (Myristica swamps), in the Kathalekan forest of Uttara Kannada in central Western Ghats, Cyathea nilgirensis Holttum, a southern Indian endemic tree fern was seen growing in the deep shade of the swampy forest. This is a new report of its distribution anywhere from north of Western Ghats.http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/1562
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<i>Cyathea nilgirensis</i> Holttum (Cyatheaceae: Pteridophyta): a threatened tree fern from central Western Ghats, India
Journal of Threatened Taxa
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T.V. Ramachandra
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title <i>Cyathea nilgirensis</i> Holttum (Cyatheaceae: Pteridophyta): a threatened tree fern from central Western Ghats, India
title_short <i>Cyathea nilgirensis</i> Holttum (Cyatheaceae: Pteridophyta): a threatened tree fern from central Western Ghats, India
title_full <i>Cyathea nilgirensis</i> Holttum (Cyatheaceae: Pteridophyta): a threatened tree fern from central Western Ghats, India
title_fullStr <i>Cyathea nilgirensis</i> Holttum (Cyatheaceae: Pteridophyta): a threatened tree fern from central Western Ghats, India
title_full_unstemmed <i>Cyathea nilgirensis</i> Holttum (Cyatheaceae: Pteridophyta): a threatened tree fern from central Western Ghats, India
title_sort <i>cyathea nilgirensis</i> holttum (cyatheaceae: pteridophyta): a threatened tree fern from central western ghats, india
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series Journal of Threatened Taxa
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0974-7907
publishDate 2014-01-01
description While studying some of the exclusive and threatened swamps overgrown with wild nutmeg trees (Myristica swamps), in the Kathalekan forest of Uttara Kannada in central Western Ghats, Cyathea nilgirensis Holttum, a southern Indian endemic tree fern was seen growing in the deep shade of the swampy forest. This is a new report of its distribution anywhere from north of Western Ghats.
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