Ferns and lycophytes of India
2,072 ferns and lycophytes are on the India list, 16 of them threatened (6 Critically Endangered, 6 Endangered and 4 Vulnerable) and 90 endemic to India.
The India list: every species documented from India, across sources. Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
Threatened ferns and lycophytes of India (16)
- Alsophila nilgirensis CR
- Asplenium daghestanicum Dagestanian spleenwort CR
- Elaphoglossum nervosum Veined Tongue-fern CR
- Elaphoglossum nilgiricum CR
- Elaphoglossum stigmatolepis CR
- Polystichum drepanum Madeira Shield-Fern CR
- Asplenium trichomanes maidenhair spleenwort EN
- Asplenium virens EN
- Calymmodon cucullatus EN
- Dryopteris hasseltii EN
- Elaphoglossum beddomei EN
- Sphaeropteris crinita EN
- Ctenitis eatonii VU
- Dicksonia arborescens Saint Helena tree fern VU
- Didymoglossum exiguum VU
- Woodsia indusiosa VU
Ferns and lycophytes of India endemic to India (90)
- Alsophila nilgirensis CR
- Anemia schimperiana wightiana
- Asplenium × kumaonicum
- Asplenium andreisii
- Asplenium garhwalense
- Asplenium genicoalitum
- Asplenium laciniatum lacei
- Asplenium sobtianum
- Athyrium boreo-occidentali-indobharaticola-birianum
- Athyrium dixitii
- Athyrium khasimontanum
- Athyrium meghalaicum
- Athyrium parasnathense
- Athyrium pichisermollianum
- Athyrium simlense
- Athyrium vermae
- Bolbitis beddomei
- Bolbitis feeiana
- Bolbitis lancea
- Bolbitis terminans
- Chririx gogoii
- Dennstaedtia shubhangiae
- Diplazium crenauritum
- Diplazium manickamii
- Diplazium nagalandicum
- Dryopteris austroindica
- Dryopteris ferruginea
- Dryopteris ghatakii
- Dryopteris kashmiriana
- Dryopteris liddarensis
- Dryopteris loyalii
- Dryopteris obtusipinnula
- Dryopteris odontoloma
- Dryopteris scabrosa
- Dryopteris stanley-walkeri
- Dryopteris wechteriana
- Elaphoglossum beddomei EN
- Elaphoglossum nilgiricum CR
- Elaphoglossum stigmatolepis CR
- Glaphyronisciopsis occulta
- Hemionitis × khasiana
- Hemionitis × vermae
- Hymenasplenium rivulare
- Isoetes bhimii
- Isoetes dixitii
- Isoetes gopalkrishnae
- Isoetes kashyapii
- Isoetes sahyadrii
- Isoetes udupiensis DD
- Lindsaea malabarica NT
- Lindsaea tenera
- Ophioglossum costatum
- Ophioglossum eliminatum
- Ophioglossum gujaratense
- Ophioglossum jaykrishnae
- Ophioglossum trilokinathii
- Oreogrammitis austroindica DD
- Oreogrammitis pilifera
- Osmunda acuta
- Pellaeopsis longipilosa
- Phegopteris × kashmiriana
- Phlegmariurus vernicosus
- Polystichum manickamianum
- Polystichum mucrolentum
- Polystichum palniense
- Polystichum pseudolentum
- Polystichum subinerme
- Pseudocyclosorus ochthodes
- Pteridrys dorsifixa
- Pteris andamanica
- Pteris nayariana
- Pteris perrottetii
- Ptisana fraxinea Pitted Potato Fern
- Pyrrosia beddomei
- Pyrrosia sarthalensis
- Selaginella cataractarum
- Selaginella coonooriana
- Selaginella ganguliana
- Selaginella keralensis
- Selaginella miniatospora
- Selaginella odishana
- Selaginella proniflora
- Selaginella radicata
- Selaginella wattii
- Selliguea crenatopinnata
- Selliguea khasiana
- Sphaeropteris albosetacea
- Sphaerostephanos kurzii
- Tectaria wightii
- Trichomanes ebiharae
All ferns and lycophytes of India on the list (2,072)
- Abacopterella jerdonii
- Abacopteris aspera
- Abacopteris birii
- Abacopteris hirtisora
- Abacopteris nudata
- Abacopteris repanda
- Abrodictyum obscurum
- Abrodictyum rigidum Stiff Bristle Fern
- Acrostichum aureum Golden Leather Fern
- Acrostichum speciosum Mangrove Fern
- Actiniopteris australis Eyelash Fern
- Actiniopteris radiata Fan-Leaved Fern
- Actinostachys digitata
- Acystopteris tenuisecta
- Adiantopsis radiata
- Adiantum aethiopicum common maidenhair fern
- Adiantum alarconianum
- Adiantum aleuticum western maidenhair fern
- Adiantum anceps Double Edge Maidenhair
- Adiantum capillus-junonis Juno's-hair fern
- Adiantum capillus-veneris black maidenhair fern
- Adiantum caudatum Trailing maidenhair fern
- Adiantum ciliatum
- Adiantum concinnum polished maidenhair
- Adiantum davidii
- Adiantum edgeworthii
- Adiantum flabellulatum Fan-leaved Maidenhair
- Adiantum formosum Giant maidenhair fern
- Adiantum hirsutum
- Adiantum hispidulum Rough Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum incisum Torn Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum incisum indicum
- Adiantum latifolium broadleaf maidenhair
- Adiantum lucidum
- Adiantum macrophyllum largeleaf maidenhair
- Adiantum monochlamys
- Adiantum myriosorum
- Adiantum obliquum oblique maidenhair
- Adiantum parishii
- Adiantum pectinatum
- Adiantum pedatum northern maidenhair fern
- Adiantum peruvianum Silver-dollar Fern
- Adiantum philippense Walking Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum poiretii Mexican maidenhair fern
- Adiantum polyphyllum
- Adiantum pyramidale Pyramid Maidenhair
- Adiantum raddianum Delta Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum rhizophorum
- Adiantum soboliferum
- Adiantum stenochlamys
- Adiantum tenerum Fan Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum tetraphyllum fourleaf maidenhair
- Adiantum thalictroides
- Adiantum tibeticum Tibetan Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum tinctum
- Adiantum trapeziforme Diamond maidenhair fern
- Adiantum venustum Himalayan maidenhair fern
- Adiantum villosum woolly maidenhair
- Adiantum wattii
- Adiantum zollingeri
- Aleuritopteris acrostica
- Aleuritopteris albomarginata
- Aleuritopteris anceps
- Aleuritopteris argentea Silver cloak fern
- Aleuritopteris belangeri
- Aleuritopteris bicolor
- Aleuritopteris bullosa blistered polypodial
- Aleuritopteris chrysophylla
- Aleuritopteris chusana
- Aleuritopteris dealbata
- Aleuritopteris dubia
- Aleuritopteris duclouxii
- Aleuritopteris duthiei
- Aleuritopteris elegans
- Aleuritopteris farinosa
- Aleuritopteris formosana
- Aleuritopteris fragilis
- Aleuritopteris grisea
- Aleuritopteris hancockii
- Aleuritopteris insignis
- Aleuritopteris krameri
- Aleuritopteris kuhnii
- Aleuritopteris leptolepis
- Aleuritopteris nitidula
- Aleuritopteris pangteyi
- Aleuritopteris patula
- Aleuritopteris persica
- Aleuritopteris pteridioides
- Aleuritopteris rufa
- Aleuritopteris scioana
- Aleuritopteris stenochlamys
- Aleuritopteris straminea
- Aleuritopteris subargentea
- Aleuritopteris subdimorpha
- Aleuritopteris subvillosa
- Aleuritopteris tamburii
- Aleuritopteris thwaitesii
- Aleuritopteris trichophylla
- Aleuritopteris veitchii
- Aleuritopteris wollenweberi
- Aleuritopteris yunnanensis
- Alsophila costularis
- Alsophila dealbata
- Alsophila grevilleana
- Alsophila hookeri
- Alsophila incisoserrata
- Alsophila latebrosa
- Alsophila nilgirensis CR
- Alsophila spinulosa Spiny Tree Fern
- Alsophila walkerae
- Amauropelta aspidioides
- Amauropelta balbisii
- Amauropelta beddomei
- Amauropelta glanduligera
- Amauropelta heteroclita
- Amauropelta noveboracensis
- Amauropelta opposita
- Amblovenatum immersum
- Amblovenatum opulentum jeweled maiden fern
- Amblovenatum terminans
- Ampelopteris prolifera Riverine Scrambler
- Anemia afrorum Scented Fern
- Anemia phyllitidis
- Anemia schimperiana
- Anemia schimperiana wightiana
- Anemia tomentosa
- Angiopteris annamensis
- Angiopteris crassipes
- Angiopteris evecta king fern
- Angiopteris helferiana
- Angiopteris indica
- Angiopteris lygodiifolia Vessel Fern
- Anisocampium cumingianum
- Anisocampium cuspidatum
- Anisocampium niponicum Oriental ladyfern
- Anogramma leptophylla Jersey fern
- Anogramma reichsteinii
- Antrophyum callifolium Ox-tongue Fern
- Antrophyum castaneum
- Antrophyum coriaceum
- Antrophyum formosanum
- Antrophyum henryi
- Antrophyum latifolium
- Antrophyum obovatum
- Antrophyum parvulum
- Antrophyum plantagineum
- Antrophyum reticulatum
- Antrophyum semicostatum
- Antrophyum subfalcatum
- Arachniodes amabilis
- Arachniodes aristata Prickly Shield fern
- Arachniodes aspidioides
- Arachniodes assamica
- Arachniodes carvifolia
- Arachniodes chinensis
- Arachniodes coniifolia
- Arachniodes cornu-cervi
- Arachniodes foeniculacea
- Arachniodes fraserjenkinsii
- Arachniodes globisora
- Arachniodes henryi
- Arachniodes jinpingensis
- Arachniodes miqueliana
- Arachniodes nipponica
- Arachniodes palmipes
- Arachniodes pseudoaristata
- Arachniodes rhomboidea
- Arachniodes simplicior East Indian holly fern
- Arachniodes simulans
- Arachniodes sledgei
- Arachniodes spectabilis
- Arachniodes superba
- Arachniodes tripinnata
- Arachnioides sledgei
- Argyrochosma formosa
- Arthropteris orientalis
- Arthropteris palisotii
- Asplenium × kumaonicum
- Asplenium abscissum abscised spleenwort
- Asplenium acrobryum
- Asplenium adiantum-nigrum black spleenwort
- Asplenium aethiopicum African Spleenwort
- Asplenium affine
- Asplenium alatum
- Asplenium altajense Altaian spleenwort
- Asplenium alternifolium
- Asplenium andreisii
- Asplenium anguineum
- Asplenium antiquum Japanese bird's-nest fern
- Asplenium auritum
- Asplenium austrochinense
- Asplenium batuense
- Asplenium bipartitum
- Asplenium blepharophorum
- Asplenium brasiliense
- Asplenium bulbiferum Hen and Chicks Fern
- Asplenium bullatum
- Asplenium capillipes
- Asplenium capillipes fugax
- Asplenium caudatum speenwort
- Asplenium ceterach Rustyback
- Asplenium chingii
- Asplenium contiguum forest spleenwort
- Asplenium crinicaule
- Asplenium crinolinense
- Asplenium crinulosum
- Asplenium cristatum parsley spleenwort
- Asplenium cuneatum wedgeleaf spleenwort
- Asplenium daghestanicum Dagestanian spleenwort CR
- Asplenium daghestanicum hunzanum
- Asplenium dalhousiae Countess Dalhousie's spleenwort
- Asplenium dalhousieae
- Asplenium dareoides
- Asplenium decrescens
- Asplenium delavayi
- Asplenium disjunctum
- Asplenium dolosum
- Asplenium ensiforme
- Asplenium erectum Erect Spleenwort
- Asplenium exiguum little spleenwort
- Asplenium eylesii
- Asplenium falcatum
- Asplenium finlaysonianum
- Asplenium flaccidum drooping spleenwort
- Asplenium fontanum Smooth rock spleenwort
- Asplenium formosum showy spleenwort
- Asplenium fragrans
- Asplenium gardneri
- Asplenium garhwalense
- Asplenium genicoalitum
- Asplenium germanicum
- Asplenium glenniei
- Asplenium grevillei
- Asplenium griffithianum
- Asplenium gueinzianum
- Asplenium hallii
- Asplenium holosorum
- Asplenium hookerianum Hooker's Spleenwort
- Asplenium humistratum
- Asplenium inaequilaterale Lolly Spleenwort
- Asplenium inexpectans
- Asplenium khullarii
- Asplenium laciniatum
- Asplenium laciniatum chasei
- Asplenium laciniatum fraser-jenkinsii
- Asplenium laciniatum hopei
- Asplenium laciniatum kukkonenii
- Asplenium laciniatum lacei
- Asplenium laciniatum laciniatum
- Asplenium laciniatum laciniocaule
- Asplenium lacinioides
- Asplenium laserpitiifolium
- Asplenium longissimum
- Asplenium lunulatum Moon-Slice Spleenwort
- Asplenium lushanense
- Asplenium macrophyllum
- Asplenium marattioides
- Asplenium marinum sea spleenwort
- Asplenium mickelii
- Asplenium monanthes single-sorus spleenwort
- Asplenium musifolium ‘ēkaha
- Asplenium myriophyllum
- Asplenium mysorense
- Asplenium neolaserpitifolium
- Asplenium neolaserpitiifolium
- Asplenium nesii
- Asplenium nidoides
- Asplenium nidus Bird's Nest Fern
- Asplenium nigripes
- Asplenium nitidum
- Asplenium normale Rainforest Spleenwort
- Asplenium paucivenosum
- Asplenium pellucidum
- Asplenium pellucidum pellucidum
- Asplenium perakense
- Asplenium persicifolium
- Asplenium phyllitidis
- Asplenium planicaule
- Asplenium platyneuron ebony spleenwort
- Asplenium polyodon Mare's Tail Fern
- Asplenium poolii
- Asplenium praemorsum Mexican spleenwort
- Asplenium prolongatum
- Asplenium pumilum triangle spleenwort
- Asplenium punjabense
- Asplenium quadrivalens
- Asplenium radicans dullgreen spleenwort
- Asplenium rebeccae
- Asplenium rockii
- Asplenium ruta-muraria wall-rue
- Asplenium salignum
- Asplenium sarelii
- Asplenium scalare
- Asplenium scolopendrium European Hart's-tongue Fern
- Asplenium septentrionale northern spleenwort
- Asplenium serratum American bird's-nest fern
- Asplenium serricula
- Asplenium shimurae
- Asplenium sikkimbirii
- Asplenium simile
- Asplenium simonsianum
- Asplenium sobtianum
- Asplenium spathulinum
- Asplenium sublaserpitiifolium
- Asplenium sulcatum
- Asplenium tandinii
- Asplenium tenerum
- Asplenium tenuicaule
- Asplenium tenuifolium NT
- Asplenium theciferum
- Asplenium thunbergii
- Asplenium trapezoideum
- Asplenium trichomanes maidenhair spleenwort EN
- Asplenium tripteropus
- Asplenium virens EN
- Asplenium viride green spleenwort
- Asplenium vulcanicum
- Asplenium yoshinagae
- Asplenium yoshinagae indicum
- Asplenium zamiifolium
- Asplenium zenkerianum
- Athyrium acrocarpum
- Athyrium amoenum
- Athyrium anisopterum
- Athyrium atkinsonii
- Athyrium atratum
- Athyrium attenuatum
- Athyrium biserrulatum
- Athyrium boreo-occidentali-indobharaticola-birianum
- Athyrium clarkei
- Athyrium contingens
- Athyrium davidii
- Athyrium decorum
- Athyrium decurrenti-alatum
- Athyrium delavayi
- Athyrium devolii
- Athyrium dissitifolium
- Athyrium distans
- Athyrium dixitii
- Athyrium drepanopteroides
- Athyrium drepanopteron
- Athyrium dubium
- Athyrium eburneum
- Athyrium falcatum
- Athyrium fallaciosum
- Athyrium fangii
- Athyrium filix-femina Common Lady Fern
- Athyrium fimbriatum
- Athyrium flabellulatum
- Athyrium foliolosum
- Athyrium gymnogrammoides
- Athyrium himalaicum
- Athyrium hohenackerianum
- Athyrium kandelii
- Athyrium kathmanduense
- Athyrium khasimontanum
- Athyrium lobulosoimpolitum
- Athyrium mackinnoni
- Athyrium mackinnoniorum
- Athyrium manickamii
- Athyrium meghalaicum
- Athyrium mehrae
- Athyrium mengtzeense
- Athyrium micropterum
- Athyrium nakanoi
- Athyrium nepalense
- Athyrium nephrodioides
- Athyrium newtonii
- Athyrium nigripes
- Athyrium niponicum Japanese painted fern
- Athyrium nyalamense
- Athyrium otophorum eared lady fern
- Athyrium parasnathense
- Athyrium pectinatum
- Athyrium pectinatum
- Athyrium pichisermollianum
- Athyrium praetermissum
- Athyrium puncticaule
- Athyrium repens
- Athyrium roseum
- Athyrium rupicola
- Athyrium sanjappae
- Athyrium scandicinum
- Athyrium schimperi
- Athyrium schizochlamys
- Athyrium setiferum
- Athyrium silvicola
- Athyrium simlense
- Athyrium solenopteris
- Athyrium spinulosum Spinulose lady fern
- Athyrium strigillosum
- Athyrium vermae
- Athyrium vidalii
- Athyrium wallichianum
- Athyrium wardii
- Athyrium xichouense
- Athyrium yokoscense Asian common ladyfern
- Austroblechnum colensoi
- Austroblechnum melanocaulon melanocaulon
- Austroblechnum patersonii Strap Water-fern
- Azolla cristata
- Azolla filiculoides water fern
- Azolla pinnata Feathered Mosquito Fern
- Azolla pinnata asiatica
- Blechnidium melanopus
- Blechnopsis finlaysoniana
- Blechnopsis orientalis
- Blechnum occidentale Hammock fern
- Blechnum punctulatum Glossy Hard Fern
- Bolbitis angustipinna
- Bolbitis appendiculata
- Bolbitis aspleniifolia DD
- Bolbitis beddomei
- Bolbitis costata
- Bolbitis crispatula
- Bolbitis deltigera
- Bolbitis feeiana
- Bolbitis helferiana
- Bolbitis heteroclita
- Bolbitis lancea
- Bolbitis lanceolata
- Bolbitis longiflagellata
- Bolbitis major
- Bolbitis medogensis
- Bolbitis multipinna
- Bolbitis nodiflora
- Bolbitis quoyana
- Bolbitis repanda
- Bolbitis scalpturata
- Bolbitis semicordata
- Bolbitis sinensis
- Bolbitis sinuata
- Bolbitis subcordata
- Bolbitis subcrenata
- Bolbitis terminans
- Bolbitis tibetica
- Bolbitis virens
- Bosmania membranacea
- Botrychium lanceolatum lanceleaf moonwort
- Botrychium lunaria common moonwort
- Botrychium multifidum Leathery Grapefern
- Botrychium simplex little grapefern
- Botrychium ternatum
- Botrypus virginianus rattlesnake fern
- Brainea insignis
- Calciphilopteris ludens
- Callistopteris apiifolia
- Calymmodon cucullatus EN
- Campyloneurum angustifolium Narrow Strapfern
- Campyloneurum phyllitidis Long strapfern
- Cephalomanes javanicum
- Cephalomanes singaporianum Singapore filmy-fern
- Ceratopteris cornuta Broad-leaf water sprite
- Ceratopteris pteridoides Floating Antler-fern
- Ceratopteris thalictroides Water Fern
- Cerosora argentea Silver Fern
- Cerosora microphylla
- Cheilanthes bullosa
- Cheilanthes farinosa
- Cheilanthes nudiuscula
- Chingia ferox
- Choristosoria calomelanos
- Choristosoria calomelanos calomelanos
- Choristosoria viridis
- Chririx gogoii
- Chririx thwaitesii
- Christella acuminata
- Christella arida
- Christella clarkei
- Christella crinipes
- Christella dentarida
- Christella dentata Soft Fern
- Christella distans
- Christella euphlebia
- Christella evoluta
- Christella fukienensis
- Christella guamensis Downy Wood Fern
- Christella gustavi
- Christella harveyi
- Christella hispidula Variable maiden fern
- Christella hokouensis
- Christella inexspectata
- Christella jaculosa
- Christella kumaunica
- Christella latipinna
- Christella lebeufii
- Christella meeboldii
- Christella multiauriculata
- Christella namburensis
- Christella nareshii
- Christella oblancifolia
- Christella papilio
- Christella parasitica Parasitic Tri-vein Fern
- Christella procera
- Christella prolixa
- Christella semisagittata
- Christella siamensis
- Christella sledgei
- Christella subelata
- Christella subpubescens
The first 500 by name. See them on the map, with filters.
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