Ferns and lycophytes of the Himalaya
295 ferns and lycophytes on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the Himalaya, 1 of them threatened (1 Endangered) and 2 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 Himalaya (1)
- Asplenium trichomanes maidenhair spleenwort EN
Ferns and lycophytes of the Himalaya endemic to India (2)
All ferns and lycophytes of the Himalaya on the list (295)
- Abacopteris nudata
- Abacopteris repanda
- Actiniopteris radiata Fan-Leaved Fern
- Adiantum capillus-veneris black maidenhair fern
- Adiantum caudatum Trailing maidenhair fern
- Adiantum edgeworthii
- Adiantum incisum Torn Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum pedatum northern maidenhair fern
- Adiantum philippense Walking Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum tibeticum Tibetan Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum venustum Himalayan maidenhair fern
- Aleuritopteris albomarginata
- Aleuritopteris anceps
- Aleuritopteris argentea Silver cloak fern
- Aleuritopteris chrysophylla
- Aleuritopteris dubia
- Aleuritopteris farinosa
- Aleuritopteris grisea
- Aleuritopteris nitidula
- Aleuritopteris rufa
- Alsophila latebrosa
- Alsophila spinulosa Spiny Tree Fern
- Angiopteris crassipes
- Angiopteris evecta king fern
- Anogramma leptophylla Jersey fern
- Arachniodes coniifolia
- Arachniodes simulans
- Arthropteris palisotii
- Asplenium adiantum-nigrum black spleenwort
- Asplenium dalhousiae Countess Dalhousie's spleenwort
- Asplenium dalhousieae
- Asplenium ensiforme
- Asplenium exiguum little spleenwort
- Asplenium falcatum
- Asplenium finlaysonianum
- Asplenium laciniatum
- Asplenium nidus Bird's Nest Fern
- Asplenium normale Rainforest Spleenwort
- Asplenium septentrionale northern spleenwort
- Asplenium trichomanes maidenhair spleenwort EN
- Asplenium viride green spleenwort
- Asplenium yoshinagae
- Athyrium clarkei
- Athyrium filix-femina Common Lady Fern
- Athyrium fimbriatum
- Athyrium foliolosum
- Athyrium niponicum Japanese painted fern
- Athyrium pectinatum
- Athyrium praetermissum
- Athyrium schimperi
- Bolbitis major
- Bolbitis virens
- Bosmania membranacea
- Botrychium lunaria common moonwort
- Botrychium ternatum
- Botrypus virginianus rattlesnake fern
- Ceratopteris thalictroides Water Fern
- Cerosora microphylla
- Christella dentata Soft Fern
- Christella papilio
- Christella parasitica Parasitic Tri-vein Fern
- Christella prolixa
- Christensenia aesculifolia
- Claytosmunda claytoniana Interrupted Fern
- Coniogramme affinis
- Coniogramme fraxinea
- Coniogramme intermedia
- Crepidomanes bipunctatum
- Cryptogramma acrostichoides American parsley fern
- Cryptogramma brunoniana
- Cyclogramma squamaestipes
- Cyrtomium anomophyllum
- Cyrtomium caryotideum kā‘ape‘ape
- Cystopteris fragilis brittle bladderfern
- Cystopteris montana mountain bladder-fern
- Davallia assamica
- Davallia hookeri
- Davallia perdurans
- Davallodes beddomei
- Davallodes membranulosa
- Davallodes pulchra
- Deparia acrostichoides silvery glade fern
- Deparia boryana
- Deparia heterophlebia
- Deparia petersenii Japanese lady fern
- Dicranopteris linearis false staghorn fern
- Dicranopteris pedata Dichotomy Forked Fern
- Diplazium dilatatum Widened Twin-sorus Fern
- Diplazium esculentum Vegetable Fern
- Diplazium longifolium
- Diplazium maximum
- Diplazium polypodioides
- Diplazium squamigerum
- Diplopterygium giganteum
- Diplopterygium volubile
- Dipteris wallichii
- Drynaria mollis
- Drynaria propinqua
- Drynaria quercifolia Oakleaf fern
- Dryopteris apiciflora
- Dryopteris barbigera
- Dryopteris blanfordii
- Dryopteris caroli-hopei
- Dryopteris chrysocoma
- Dryopteris cochleata
- Dryopteris filix-mas male fern
- Dryopteris fragrans fragrant wood fern
- Dryopteris juxtaposita Himalayan Wood Fern
- Dryopteris lepidopoda Sunset Fern
- Dryopteris marginalis marginal wood fern
- Dryopteris marginata
- Dryopteris nodosa
- Dryopteris odontoloma
- Dryopteris pseudocaenopteris
- Dryopteris ramosa
- Dryopteris redactopinnata
- Dryopteris rosthornii
- Dryopteris serratodentata
- Dryopteris sparsa
- Dryopteris stewartii Stewart's wood fern
- Dryopteris wallichiana Wallich's wood fern
- Dryopteris yigongensis
- Elaphoglossum marginatum
- Elaphoglossum stelligerum
- Equisetum arvense field horsetail
- Equisetum diffusum Himalayan horsetail
- Equisetum hyemale rough horsetail
- Equisetum palustre marsh horsetail
- Equisetum ramosissimum Branched Horsetail
- Glaphyropteridopsis erubescens
- Goniophlebium amoenum
- Goniophlebium fieldingianum
- Goniophlebium lachnopus
- Gymnosphaera glabra
- Haplopteris flexuosa
- Haplopteris sikkimensis
- Helminthostachys zeylanica Flowering Fern
- Huperzia herteriana
- Huperzia selago northern firmoss
- Huperzia serrata Toothed clubmoss
- Hymenasplenium apogamum
- Hymenasplenium cheilosorum
- Hymenasplenium unilaterale Halved-Spleenwort
- Hymenophyllum badium
- Hymenophyllum exsertum
- Hymenophyllum javanicum
- Hymenophyllum levingei
- Hymenophyllum polyanthos smooth filmy fern
- Hypodematium crenatum
- Hypolepis punctata
- Japanobotrychium lanuginosum
- Lepisorus bicolor hardy ribbon fern
- Lepisorus clathratus
- Lepisorus contortus
- Lepisorus excavatus
- Lepisorus loriformis
- Lepisorus macrosphaerus
- Lepisorus mehrae
- Lepisorus morrisonensis
- Lepisorus mucronatus Needle Fern
- Lepisorus normalis
- Lepisorus nudus
- Lepisorus pseudonudus
- Lepisorus scolopendrium
- Lepisorus thunbergianus Weeping Fern
- Leptochilus ellipticus Broad-pinna Colysis
- Leptochilus pedunculatus
- Leptochilus plantagineus
- Leptogramma pozoi
- Leucostegia immersa
- Loxogramme involuta
- Loxogramme porcata
- Loxogramme scolopendrioides
- Loxogramme wallichiana
- Lycopodium clavatum stag's-horn clubmoss
- Lycopodium japonicum
- Lygodium flexuosum Flexuose Climbing Fern
- Lygodium japonicum Japanese climbing fern
- Macrothelypteris ornata
- Macrothelypteris torresiana Mariana Maiden Fern
- Marsilea quadrifolia clover fern
- Marsilea vestita water clover
- Menisciopsis lineata
- Microlepia platyphylla
- Microlepia rhomboidea
- Microsorum cuspidatum
- Nephrolepis cordifolia Fishbone Fern
- Odontosoria chinensis Fairy Fern
- Oleandra musifolia
- Oleandra wallichii
- Onychium cryptogrammoides
- Onychium japonicum Sichuan lace
- Onychium lucidum
- Onychium siliculosum
- Ophioglossum vulgatum southern adder's-tongue
- Osmolindsaea odorata
- Osmunda japonica
- Osmunda regalis American royal fern
- Palhinhaea cernua staghorn clubmoss
- Pellaea himalaica
- Pentarhizidium intermedium
- Phlegmariurus cryptomerinus
- Phlegmariurus pulcherrimus
- Phlegmariurus squarrosus rock tassel fern
- Pityrogramma calomelanos silver fern
- Polystichum aculeatum hard shield fern
- Polystichum alpinum
- Polystichum balansae
- Polystichum hookerianum Hooker's holly fern
- Polystichum lentum Himalayan holly fern
- Polystichum luctuosum Korean rock fern
- Polystichum neolobatum Asian saber fern
- Polystichum nepalense
- Polystichum obliquum
- Polystichum prescottianum
- Polystichum punctiferum
- Polystichum semifertile
- Polystichum shensiense
- Polystichum sinense Chinese Shield Fern
- Polystichum squarrosum
- Polystichum stimulans
- Polystichum thomsonii
- Pseudocyclosorus pubescens
- Pseudocyclosorus tylodes
- Pseudophegopteris aurita
- Pseudophegopteris microstegia
- Pseudophegopteris pyrrhorachis
- Pseudophegopteris rectangularis
- Pteridium aquilinum common bracken
- Pteris aspericaulis
- Pteris cretica Cretan brake
- Pteris dactylina
- Pteris ensiformis Slender Bracken
- Pteris longifolia longleaf brake
- Pteris longipes
- Pteris quadriaurita
- Pteris stenophylla
- Pteris vittata Ladder brake
- Pyrrosia adnascens Tongue-fern
- Pyrrosia costata
- Pyrrosia heteractis
- Pyrrosia lanceolata Lanceleaf Tongue Fern
- Pyrrosia lingua tongue fern
- Pyrrosia mannii
- Pyrrosia penangiana
- Pyrrosia sarthalensis
- Pyrrosia sheareri Shearer's felt fern
- Pyrrosia subfurfuracea
- Salvinia natans floating fern
- Sceptridium daucifolium
- Selaginella bisulcata
- Selaginella brachystachya
- Selaginella chrysocaulos
- Selaginella delicatula Delicate spikemoss
- Selaginella fulcrata
- Selaginella indica
- Selaginella involvens Selaginella involens
- Selaginella kraussiana Krauss's clubmoss
- Selaginella monospora
- Selaginella pallida
- Selaginella pallidissima
- Selaginella pentagona
- Selaginella picta
- Selaginella subdiaphana
- Selaginella vaginata
- Selliguea capitellata
- Selliguea dareiformis
- Selliguea ebenipes
- Selliguea erythrocarpa
- Selliguea griffithiana
- Selliguea hastata
- Selliguea lehmannii
- Selliguea malacodon
- Selliguea oxyloba
- Selliguea quasidivaricata
- Selliguea rhynchophylla
- Selliguea stewartii
- Selliguea tomentosa
- Sitobolium appendiculatum
- Sphaeropteris brunoniana
- Sphaeropteris glauca
- Tectaria coadunata
- Tectaria fuscipes
- Tectaria heterocarpa
- Tectaria ingens
- Tectaria pseudosiifolia
- Tectaria subconfluens
- Thelypteris palustris marsh fern
- Vandenboschia auriculata
- Vandenboschia radicans
- Vittaria lineata Shoestring Fern
- Woodsia alpina alpine woodsia
- Woodsia elongata
- Woodwardia radicans European chain fern
- Woodwardia unigemmata jewelled chain fern
Ferns and lycophytes elsewhere
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Other species of the Himalaya
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