Ferns and lycophytes of Karnataka
119 ferns and lycophytes on the India list have an open record placed in Karnataka, 1 of them threatened (1 Critically Endangered) and 8 endemic to India.
A species is in a state when it has an open record placed there: a record anyone can check online (a GBIF record, or a research-grade iNaturalist observation). Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
Threatened ferns and lycophytes of Karnataka (1)
Ferns and lycophytes of Karnataka endemic to India (8)
All ferns and lycophytes of Karnataka on the list (119)
- Acrostichum aureum Golden Leather Fern
- Actiniopteris radiata Fan-Leaved Fern
- Adiantum aethiopicum common maidenhair fern
- Adiantum capillus-veneris black maidenhair fern
- Adiantum concinnum polished maidenhair
- Adiantum incisum Torn Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum latifolium broadleaf maidenhair
- Adiantum philippense Walking Maidenhair Fern
- Aleuritopteris anceps
- Aleuritopteris chusana
- Aleuritopteris elegans
- Alsophila latebrosa
- Alsophila nilgirensis CR
- Amblovenatum terminans
- Ampelopteris prolifera Riverine Scrambler
- Angiopteris crassipes
- Angiopteris evecta king fern
- Arachniodes aristata Prickly Shield fern
- Asplenium aethiopicum African Spleenwort
- Asplenium caudatum speenwort
- Asplenium crinicaule
- Asplenium dareoides
- Asplenium phyllitidis
- Asplenium radicans dullgreen spleenwort
- Athyrium falcatum
- Athyrium hohenackerianum
- Azolla pinnata Feathered Mosquito Fern
- Blechnopsis orientalis
- Bolbitis aspleniifolia DD
- Bolbitis semicordata
- Bolbitis subcordata
- Bolbitis subcrenata
- Bolbitis terminans
- Bosmania membranacea
- Ceratopteris thalictroides Water Fern
- Christella dentata Soft Fern
- Christella euphlebia
- Christella meeboldii
- Christella parasitica Parasitic Tri-vein Fern
- Crepidomanes campanulatum
- Davallia repens Dwarf Hare's-foot Fern
- Deparia petersenii Japanese lady fern
- Dicranopteris linearis false staghorn fern
- Didymoglossum henzaianum
- Diplazium polypodioides
- Doryopteris concolor Geranium Fern
- Drynaria quercifolia Oakleaf fern
- Dryopteris affinis Scaly male fern DD
- Equisetum hyemale rough horsetail
- Equisetum ramosissimum Branched Horsetail
- Equisetum sylvaticum wood horsetail
- Haplopteris elongata Tape Fern
- Helminthostachys zeylanica Flowering Fern
- Hymenasplenium unilaterale Halved-Spleenwort
- Isoetes divyadarshanii DD
- Isoetes sahyadrii
- Japanobotrychium lanuginosum
- Lepisorus nudus
- Leptochilus decurrens
- Leptochilus ellipticus Broad-pinna Colysis
- Leptochilus lanceolatus
- Leucostegia immersa
- Lindsaea ensifolia Graceful Necklace Fern
- Loxogramme chinensis
- Lygodium flexuosum Flexuose Climbing Fern
- Lygodium microphyllum Climbing Maidenhair
- Macrothelypteris ornata
- Macrothelypteris torresiana Mariana Maiden Fern
- Marsilea minuta Dwarf Water Clover
- Microlepia platyphylla
- Microlepia speluncae limpleaf fern
- Microsorum punctatum Elkhorn fern
- Microsorum scolopendria monarch fern
- Nephrolepis brownii Brown's sword fern
- Nephrolepis cordifolia Fishbone Fern
- Nephrolepis exaltata southern sword fern
- Nephrolepis falcata Fishtail Swordfern
- Odontosoria chinensis Fairy Fern
- Ophioglossum costatum
- Ophioglossum reticulatum stalked adder's-tongue
- Osmunda acuta
- Osmunda regalis American royal fern
- Palhinhaea cernua staghorn clubmoss
- Parahemionitis arifolia
- Phlegmariurus hamiltonii
- Phlegmariurus macrostachys
- Phlegmariurus phlegmaria Coarse Tassel Fern
- Phlegmariurus phyllanthus wāwae‘iole
- Phlegmariurus squarrosus rock tassel fern
- Pityrogramma austroamericana gold fern
- Pityrogramma calomelanos silver fern
- Polystichum anomalum
- Pseudocyclosorus ochthodes
- Psilotum nudum skeleton fork fern
- Pteridium aquilinum common bracken
- Pteridium aquilinum wightianum
- Pteris argyraea
- Pteris biaurita thinleaf brake
- Pteris mertensioides
- Pteris pellucida
- Pteris quadriaurita
- Pteris stenophylla
- Pteris venusta
- Pteris vittata Ladder brake
- Rumohra adiantiformis leathery shieldfern
- Salvinia molesta Giant Salvinia
- Selaginella ciliaris Spring-Fringed Spikemoss
- Selaginella delicatula Delicate spikemoss
- Selaginella indica
- Selaginella radicata
- Selaginella reticulata
- Selaginella tenera
- Selaginella wightii
- Tectaria coadunata
- Tectaria polymorpha
- Tectaria wightii
- Thelypteris palustris marsh fern
- Trichomanes tenuifolium
- Trigonospora caudipinna
Ferns and lycophytes elsewhere
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Other species of Karnataka
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