Ferns and lycophytes of the Deccan Peninsula
387 ferns and lycophytes on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the Deccan Peninsula, 4 of them threatened (2 Critically Endangered and 2 Endangered) and 18 endemic to India.
A species is in a region when a GBIF record of it is placed there (the biogeographic zones of the Wildlife Institute of India). Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
Threatened ferns and lycophytes of the Deccan Peninsula (4)
- Alsophila nilgirensis CR
- Elaphoglossum nilgiricum CR
- Asplenium trichomanes maidenhair spleenwort EN
- Sphaeropteris crinita EN
Ferns and lycophytes of the Deccan Peninsula endemic to India (18)
- Alsophila nilgirensis CR
- Athyrium parasnathense
- Dryopteris odontoloma
- Dryopteris scabrosa
- Elaphoglossum nilgiricum CR
- Isoetes dixitii
- Isoetes sahyadrii
- Ophioglossum costatum
- Oreogrammitis austroindica DD
- Osmunda acuta
- Polystichum subinerme
- Pseudocyclosorus ochthodes
- Ptisana fraxinea Pitted Potato Fern
- Selaginella cataractarum
- Selaginella miniatospora
- Selaginella radicata
- Selliguea crenatopinnata
- Tectaria wightii
All ferns and lycophytes of the Deccan Peninsula on the list (387)
- Abacopteris nudata
- Acrostichum aureum Golden Leather Fern
- Actiniopteris australis Eyelash Fern
- Actiniopteris radiata Fan-Leaved Fern
- Acystopteris tenuisecta
- Adiantum capillus-veneris black maidenhair fern
- Adiantum caudatum Trailing maidenhair fern
- Adiantum concinnum polished maidenhair
- Adiantum edgeworthii
- Adiantum hispidulum Rough Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum incisum Torn Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum pedatum northern maidenhair fern
- Adiantum peruvianum Silver-dollar Fern
- Adiantum philippense Walking Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum raddianum Delta Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum tenerum Fan Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum trapeziforme Diamond maidenhair fern
- Adiantum venustum Himalayan maidenhair fern
- Aleuritopteris albomarginata
- Aleuritopteris anceps
- Aleuritopteris bicolor
- Aleuritopteris bullosa blistered polypodial
- Aleuritopteris chrysophylla
- Aleuritopteris dubia
- Aleuritopteris elegans
- Aleuritopteris farinosa
- Aleuritopteris formosana
- Aleuritopteris insignis
- Aleuritopteris rufa
- Aleuritopteris subdimorpha
- Aleuritopteris wollenweberi
- Alsophila latebrosa
- Alsophila nilgirensis CR
- Alsophila spinulosa Spiny Tree Fern
- Ampelopteris prolifera Riverine Scrambler
- Anemia schimperiana
- Angiopteris crassipes
- Angiopteris evecta king fern
- Angiopteris helferiana
- Angiopteris indica
- Anisocampium cuspidatum
- Antrophyum obovatum
- Antrophyum plantagineum
- Antrophyum reticulatum
- Arachniodes amabilis
- Arachniodes aristata Prickly Shield fern
- Arachniodes aspidioides
- Argyrochosma formosa
- Arthropteris orientalis
- Asplenium aethiopicum African Spleenwort
- Asplenium auritum
- Asplenium ceterach Rustyback
- Asplenium contiguum forest spleenwort
- Asplenium dalhousieae
- Asplenium ensiforme
- Asplenium erectum Erect Spleenwort
- Asplenium exiguum little spleenwort
- Asplenium fontanum Smooth rock spleenwort
- Asplenium formosum showy spleenwort
- Asplenium inaequilaterale Lolly Spleenwort
- Asplenium laciniatum
- Asplenium lunulatum Moon-Slice Spleenwort
- Asplenium monanthes single-sorus spleenwort
- Asplenium nidus Bird's Nest Fern
- Asplenium nitidum
- Asplenium normale Rainforest Spleenwort
- Asplenium pellucidum
- Asplenium praemorsum Mexican spleenwort
- Asplenium serricula
- Asplenium sulcatum
- Asplenium tenuifolium NT
- Asplenium trichomanes maidenhair spleenwort EN
- Asplenium yoshinagae
- Asplenium zenkerianum
- Athyrium distans
- Athyrium flabellulatum
- Athyrium mackinnoni
- Athyrium parasnathense
- Athyrium puncticaule
- Athyrium solenopteris
- Athyrium vidalii
- Athyrium wallichianum
- Athyrium yokoscense Asian common ladyfern
- Azolla filiculoides water fern
- Azolla pinnata Feathered Mosquito Fern
- Blechnopsis orientalis
- Blechnum occidentale Hammock fern
- Bolbitis appendiculata
- Bolbitis heteroclita
- Bosmania membranacea
- Ceratopteris thalictroides Water Fern
- Cerosora microphylla
- Christella dentata Soft Fern
- Christella parasitica Parasitic Tri-vein Fern
- Christella procera
- Christensenia aesculifolia
- Cibotium barometz Golden Chicken Fern
- Claytosmunda claytoniana Interrupted Fern
- Coniogramme affinis
- Coniogramme fraxinea
- Coniogramme intermedia
- Crepidomanes bipunctatum
- Crepidomanes campanulatum
- Crepidomanes latealatum
- Crepidomanes parvulum
- Cyclogramma auriculata
- Cyclosorus interruptus Swamp Shield-fern
- Cyrtomium caryotideum kā‘ape‘ape
- Cyrtomium falcatum Japanese holly-fern
- Cyrtomium micropterum
- Davallia bullata
- Davallia repens Dwarf Hare's-foot Fern
- Davallia solida giant hare's foot fern
- Davallodes pulchra
- Deparia allantodioides
- Deparia boryana
- Deparia japonica Black lady fern
- Deparia lancea
- Deparia petersenii Japanese lady fern
- Dicksonia blumei
- Dicranopteris linearis false staghorn fern
- Diphasiastrum complanatum northern ground-cedar
- Diphasiastrum wightianum
- Diplazium beddomei
- Diplazium caudatum caudate twinsorus fern
- Diplazium esculentum Vegetable Fern
- Diplazium pallidum
- Diplazium pectinatum
- Diplazium polypodioides
- Diplazium spiniferum
- Diplazium sylvaticum
- Diplazium travancoricum
- Dipteris wallichii
- Doryopteris concolor Geranium Fern
- Drynaria mollis
- Drynaria quercifolia Oakleaf fern
- Dryopteris acutodentata
- Dryopteris angustifrons
- Dryopteris apiciflora
- Dryopteris approximata
- Dryopteris atrata
- Dryopteris blanfordii
- Dryopteris chrysocoma
- Dryopteris cochleata
- Dryopteris dickinsii
- Dryopteris filix-mas male fern
- Dryopteris hirtipes
- Dryopteris juxtaposita Himalayan Wood Fern
- Dryopteris lepidopoda Sunset Fern
- Dryopteris nidus
- Dryopteris nigropaleacea
- Dryopteris odontoloma
- Dryopteris paleolata
- Dryopteris pseudocaenopteris
- Dryopteris redactopinnata
- Dryopteris scabrosa
- Dryopteris scottii
- Dryopteris sledgei
- Dryopteris sparsa
- Dryopteris splendens
- Dryopteris stewartii Stewart's wood fern
- Dryopteris subtriangularis
- Dryopteris wallichiana Wallich's wood fern
- Dryopteris woodsiisora
- Dryopteris xanthomelas
- Dryopteris yigongensis
- Elaphoglossum nilgiricum CR
- Elaphoglossum stelligerum
- Equisetum diffusum Himalayan horsetail
- Equisetum fluviatile water horsetail
- Equisetum hyemale rough horsetail
- Equisetum ramosissimum Branched Horsetail
- Glaphyropteridopsis erubescens
- Goniophlebium amoenum
- Goniophlebium fieldingianum
- Goniophlebium lachnopus
- Gymnosphaera gigantea
- Gymnosphaera glabra
- Gymnosphaera khasyana
- Haplopteris elongata Tape Fern
- Haplopteris flexuosa
- Helminthostachys zeylanica Flowering Fern
- Hymenasplenium cheilosorum
- Hymenasplenium obscurum
- Hymenasplenium unilaterale Halved-Spleenwort
- Hymenophyllum exsertum
- Hymenophyllum pilosissimum
- Hymenophyllum simonsianum
- Hypodematium crenatum
- Hypolepis punctata
- Hypolepis resistens Downy Ground fern
- Isoetes coromandelina
- Isoetes dixitii
- Isoetes sahyadrii
- Japanobotrychium lanuginosum
- Lastreopsis tenera Broad Shield Fern
- Lepisorus amaurolepidus
- Lepisorus bicolor hardy ribbon fern
- Lepisorus clathratus
- Lepisorus contortus
- Lepisorus excavatus
- Lepisorus jakonensis
- Lepisorus loriformis
- Lepisorus macrosphaerus
- Lepisorus mehrae
- Lepisorus morrisonensis
- Lepisorus normalis
- Lepisorus nudus
- Lepisorus pseudonudus
- Lepisorus scolopendrium
- Lepisorus sublinearis
- Lepisorus thunbergianus Weeping Fern
- Leptochilus decurrens
- Leptochilus ellipticus Broad-pinna Colysis
- Leptochilus lanceolatus
- Leptochilus plantagineus
- Leptochilus pteropus
- Leptogramma mollissima
- Leucostegia immersa
- Lindsaea cultrata
- Lindsaea heterophylla
- Loxogramme involuta
- Loxogramme porcata
- Lycopodium clavatum stag's-horn clubmoss
- Lycopodium japonicum
- Lygodium flexuosum Flexuose Climbing Fern
- Lygodium microphyllum Climbing Maidenhair
- Macrothelypteris torresiana Mariana Maiden Fern
- Marsilea coromandelina
- Marsilea minuta Dwarf Water Clover
- Marsilea quadrifolia clover fern
- Menisciopsis lakhimpurensis
- Menisciopsis lineata
- Metathelypteris flaccida
- Microlepia platyphylla
- Microlepia setosa rigid lace fern
- Microlepia speluncae limpleaf fern
- Microlepia strigosa hay-scented fern
- Microsorum punctatum Elkhorn fern
- Microsorum scolopendria monarch fern
- Nephrolepis acutifolia Fishbone Fern
- Nephrolepis biserrata Broad Sword Fern
- Nephrolepis brownii Brown's sword fern
- Nephrolepis cordifolia Fishbone Fern
- Nephrolepis exaltata southern sword fern
- Nephrolepis falcata Fishtail Swordfern
- Odontosoria chinensis Fairy Fern
- Odontosoria krameri
- Oleandra neriiformis
- Oleandra pistillaris
- Oleandra wallichii
- Onychium japonicum Sichuan lace
- Onychium lucidum
- Onychium siliculosum
- Ophioglossum costatum
- Ophioglossum reticulatum stalked adder's-tongue
- Oreogrammitis austroindica DD
- Osmolindsaea odorata
- Osmunda acuta
- Osmunda japonica
- Osmunda regalis American royal fern
- Oxygrammitis denticulata
- Palhinhaea cernua staghorn clubmoss
- Parahemionitis arifolia
- Pellaea himalaica
- Phlegmariurus hamiltonii
- Phlegmariurus macrostachys
- Phlegmariurus phyllanthus wāwae‘iole
- Phlegmariurus pulcherrimus
- Pityrogramma austroamericana gold fern
- Pityrogramma calomelanos silver fern
- Plagiogyria adnata
- Pleopeltis macrocarpa Bigfruit Scaly Polypody
- Polystichum aculeatum hard shield fern
- Polystichum anomalum
- Polystichum atkinsonii
- Polystichum biaristatum
- Polystichum discretum
- Polystichum duthiei
- Polystichum harpophyllum
- Polystichum hookerianum Hooker's holly fern
- Polystichum inayatii
- Polystichum lentum Himalayan holly fern
- Polystichum manmeiense
- Polystichum meeboldii
- Polystichum moluccense
- Polystichum mucronifolium
- Polystichum nepalense
- Polystichum obliquum
- Polystichum piceopaleaceum
- Polystichum prescottianum
- Polystichum setiferum soft shield fern
- Polystichum squarrosum
- Polystichum subinerme
- Polystichum thomsonii
- Polystichum yunnanense
- Prosaptia alata
- Pseudocyclosorus ochthodes
- Pseudocyclosorus pubescens
- Pseudocyclosorus tylodes
- Pseudophegopteris aurita
- Pseudophegopteris hirtirachis
- Pseudophegopteris microstegia
- Pseudophegopteris pyrrhorachis
- Pseudophegopteris rectangularis
- Psilotum nudum skeleton fork fern
- Pteridium aquilinum common bracken
- Pteris argyraea
- Pteris biaurita thinleaf brake
- Pteris blumeana
- Pteris camerooniana
- Pteris cretica Cretan brake
- Pteris ensiformis Slender Bracken
- Pteris longipes
- Pteris longipinnula
- Pteris quadriaurita
- Pteris stenophylla
- Pteris terminalis Iwa
- Pteris vittata Ladder brake
- Ptisana fraxinea Pitted Potato Fern
- Pyrrosia albicans
- Pyrrosia costata
- Pyrrosia flocculosa
- Pyrrosia laevis
- Pyrrosia lanceolata Lanceleaf Tongue Fern
- Pyrrosia longifolia Long-leaved Pyrrosia
- Pyrrosia mannii
- Pyrrosia porosa
- Salvinia molesta Giant Salvinia
- Salvinia natans floating fern
- Sceptridium daucifolium
- Selaginella brachystachya
- Selaginella bryophila
- Selaginella bryopteris
- Selaginella cataractarum
- Selaginella delicatula Delicate spikemoss
- Selaginella inaequalifolia
- Selaginella indica
- Selaginella intermedia
- Selaginella involvens Selaginella involens
- Selaginella kraussiana Krauss's clubmoss
- Selaginella megaphylla
- Selaginella miniatospora
- Selaginella pentagona
- Selaginella radiata
- Selaginella radicata
- Selaginella repanda
- Selaginella reticulata
- Selaginella rupestris rock spikemoss
- Selaginella tamariscina
- Selaginella uncinata Peacock Spikemoss
- Selaginella versicolor
- Selaginella wightii
- Selliguea capitellata
- Selliguea crenatopinnata
- Selliguea dareiformis
- Selliguea ebenipes
- Selliguea griffithiana
- Selliguea hastata
- Selliguea lehmannii
- Selliguea majoensis
- Selliguea malacodon
- Selliguea moulmeinensis
- Selliguea oxyloba
- Selliguea quasidivaricata
- Selliguea rhynchophylla
- Selliguea stewartii
- Selliguea veitchii
- Selliguea wardii
- Sitobolium appendiculatum
- Sitobolium zeylanicum
- Sphaeropteris alternans
- Sphaeropteris crinita EN
- Sphaerostephanos arbuscula
- Stenochlaena palustris swamp vine fern
- Strophocaulon unitum
- Tectaria cicutaria button fern
- Tectaria coadunata
- Tectaria gemmifera
- Tectaria wightii
- Tectaria zeilanica
- Trigonospora caudipinna
- Trigonospora tenera
- Vandenboschia maxima
- Vittaria lineata Shoestring Fern
- Woodsia elongata
- Woodwardia unigemmata jewelled chain fern
Ferns and lycophytes elsewhere
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Other species of the Deccan Peninsula
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