Bolbitis appendiculata

Bolbitis appendiculata
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Conservation status
Least Concern Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Polypodiineae
Family:	Dryopteridaceae
Genus:	Bolbitis
Species:	B. appendiculata
Binomial name
Bolbitis appendiculata (Willd.) K.Iwats.
Synonyms
List Egenolfia schottii Willd. Kuhn Gymnogramma auriculatum B.K.Nayar & Geev. Kaulf. Polybotrya marginata Blume Acrostichum hamiltonianum Wall. Wall. Wall. Schott (Willd.) J.Sm. (Willd.) Gaudich. (Blume) Fée Fée (Fée) T.Moore C.Chr. (Gaudich.) Tardieu & C.Chr. Polybotrya montana Egenolfia aspleniifolia var. moniliformis Egenolfia keralensis Acrostichum alatum Egenolfia gaudichaudiana Egenolfia montana Lacaussadea montana (Gaudich.) T.Moore Tardieu & C.Chr. B.K.Nayar & Kaur Egenolfia appendiculata Acrostichum setosum Acrostichum wightianum Egenolfia hamiltoniana Polybotrya appendiculata Roxb. Fée (Gaudich.) Fée Gaudich. (Willd.) J.Sm. (Gaudich.) Tardieu & C.Chr. Ching & P.S.Chiu ex Ching & C.H.Wang Egenolfia crenata Egenolfia appendiculata var. montana (Tardieu & C.Chr.) Tardieu & C.Chr. Polybotrya appendiculata var. marginata Egenolfia aspleniifolia var. montana Acrostichum alatum f. minutum Egenolfia appendiculata var. moniliformis Bolbitis appendiculata var. kummatta Acrostichum appendiculatum Lacaussadea appendiculata Egenolfia marginata Polybotrya gaudichaudiana

Bolbitis appendiculata is a lithophyte in the family Dryopteridaceae, seen in evergreen forests. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Borneo, Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Java, Malaysia, Philippines, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Fronds are dimorphic, scaly beneath and hairy above. Sterile lamina dark green and simply pinnate, stalked, oblong, serrate with larger pinnae in the middle, reduced towards both ends. Fertile lamina narrower, elliptic, obtuse and base unequal. Dark brown to black sporangia covers almost the entirety of the underside of the leaf surface (acrostichoid).