Ferns and lycophytes of Kerala
210 ferns and lycophytes on the India list have an open record placed in Kerala, 2 of them threatened (1 Critically Endangered and 1 Endangered) and 11 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 Kerala (2)
Ferns and lycophytes of Kerala endemic to India (11)
All ferns and lycophytes of Kerala on the list (210)
- Acrostichum aureum Golden Leather Fern
- Actiniopteris radiata Fan-Leaved Fern
- Actinostachys digitata
- Adiantum aethiopicum common maidenhair fern
- 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 latifolium broadleaf maidenhair
- Adiantum philippense Walking Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum raddianum Delta Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum zollingeri
- Aleuritopteris chusana
- Alsophila nilgirensis CR
- Alsophila spinulosa Spiny Tree Fern
- Amblovenatum opulentum jeweled maiden fern
- Amblovenatum terminans
- Ampelopteris prolifera Riverine Scrambler
- Angiopteris crassipes
- Angiopteris evecta king fern
- Angiopteris helferiana
- Angiopteris indica
- Anisocampium cumingianum
- Arachniodes amabilis
- Arachniodes coniifolia
- Arachniodes palmipes
- Arachniodes sledgei
- Arachniodes tripinnata
- Asplenium aethiopicum African Spleenwort
- Asplenium auritum
- Asplenium crinicaule
- Asplenium inaequilaterale Lolly Spleenwort
- Asplenium macrophyllum
- Asplenium nidus Bird's Nest Fern
- Asplenium normale Rainforest Spleenwort
- Asplenium polyodon Mare's Tail Fern
- Asplenium poolii
- Asplenium serricula
- Asplenium tenerum
- Asplenium tenuifolium NT
- Asplenium yoshinagae
- Athyrium hohenackerianum
- Athyrium puncticaule
- Azolla pinnata Feathered Mosquito Fern
- Blechnopsis orientalis
- Blechnum occidentale Hammock fern
- Bolbitis angustipinna
- Bolbitis appendiculata
- Bolbitis aspleniifolia DD
- Bolbitis beddomei
- Bolbitis repanda
- Bolbitis semicordata
- Bolbitis terminans
- Ceratopteris pteridoides Floating Antler-fern
- Ceratopteris thalictroides Water Fern
- Choristosoria viridis
- Chririx thwaitesii
- Christella dentata Soft Fern
- Christella hispidula Variable maiden fern
- Christella meeboldii
- Christella parasitica Parasitic Tri-vein Fern
- Coniogramme fraxinea
- Crepidomanes bilabiatum
- Crepidomanes bipunctatum
- Crepidomanes campanulatum
- Crepidomanes christii
- Crepidomanes intramarginale
- Crepidomanes latealatum
- Crepidomanes parvulum
- Cyclosorus interruptus Swamp Shield-fern
- Davallia lorrainii
- Davallia repens Dwarf Hare's-foot Fern
- Deparia boryana
- Deparia petersenii Japanese lady fern
- Dicranopteris linearis false staghorn fern
- Dicranopteris pedata Dichotomy Forked Fern
- Didymoglossum sublimbatum
- Diphasiastrum wightianum
- Diplazium brachylobum
- Diplazium dilatatum Widened Twin-sorus Fern
- Diplazium esculentum Vegetable Fern
- Diplazium leptophyllum
- Diplazium muricatum
- Diplazium polypodioides
- Diplazium spiniferum
- Diplazium travancoricum
- Doryopteris concolor Geranium Fern
- Drynaria quercifolia Oakleaf fern
- Dryopteris cochleata
- Elaphoglossum stelligerum
- Equisetum hyemale rough horsetail
- Gymnosphaera gigantea
- Haplopteris elongata Tape Fern
- Helminthostachys zeylanica Flowering Fern
- Hymenasplenium obscurum
- Hymenasplenium unilaterale Halved-Spleenwort
- Hymenophyllum denticulatum
- Hymenophyllum gardneri
- Hypolepis punctata
- Isoetes coromandelina
- Lepisorus amaurolepidus
- Lepisorus microphyllus
- Lepisorus nudus
- Leptochilus decurrens
- Leptochilus lanceolatus
- Leptochilus pteropus
- Lindsaea ensifolia Graceful Necklace Fern
- Lindsaea heterophylla
- Loxogramme involuta
- Lygodium flexuosum Flexuose Climbing Fern
- Lygodium japonicum Japanese climbing fern
- Lygodium microphyllum Climbing Maidenhair
- Lygodium polystachyum
- Macrothelypteris ornata
- Marsilea crenata Nardoo
- Marsilea minuta Dwarf Water Clover
- Marsilea quadrifolia clover fern
- Microlepia nepalensis
- Microlepia pilosiuscula
- Microlepia platyphylla
- Microlepia speluncae limpleaf fern
- Microsorum cuspidatum
- Microsorum membranifolium pimple fern
- Microsorum punctatum Elkhorn fern
- Nephrolepis biserrata Broad Sword Fern
- Nephrolepis brownii Brown's sword fern
- Nephrolepis cordifolia Fishbone Fern
- Nephrolepis delicatula
- Nephrolepis exaltata southern sword fern
- Nephrolepis falcata Fishtail Swordfern
- Nephrolepis undulata Annual Sword Fern
- Odontosoria chinensis Fairy Fern
- Ophioglossum reticulatum stalked adder's-tongue
- Oreogrammitis attenuata
- Oreogrammitis pilifera
- Osmunda acuta
- Osmunda regalis American royal fern
- Palhinhaea cernua staghorn clubmoss
- Parahemionitis arifolia
- Pellaeopsis boivinii
- Phlegmariurus macrostachys
- Phlegmariurus mollicomus
- Phlegmariurus phlegmaria Coarse Tassel Fern
- Phlegmariurus phyllanthus wāwae‘iole
- Phlegmariurus squarrosus rock tassel fern
- Pityrogramma austroamericana gold fern
- Pityrogramma calomelanos silver fern
- Pleopeltis macrocarpa Bigfruit Scaly Polypody
- Polystichum aculeatum hard shield fern
- Polystichum anomalum
- Psilotum nudum skeleton fork fern
- Pteridium aquilinum common bracken
- Pteridium aquilinum wightianum
- Pteris argyraea
- Pteris arisanensis
- Pteris biaurita thinleaf brake
- Pteris blumeana
- Pteris cretica Cretan brake
- Pteris ensiformis Slender Bracken
- Pteris fauriei
- Pteris multiaurita
- Pteris otaria
- Pteris praetermissa
- Pteris quadriaurita
- Pteris vittata Ladder brake
- Ptisana fraxinea Pitted Potato Fern
- Pyrrosia ceylanica
- Pyrrosia heterophylla
- Pyrrosia lanceolata Lanceleaf Tongue Fern
- Pyrrosia piloselloides Dragon-Scale fern
- Pyrrosia porosa
- Salvinia minima water spangles
- Salvinia molesta Giant Salvinia
- Selaginella crassipes
- Selaginella delicatula Delicate spikemoss
- Selaginella ganguliana
- Selaginella helferi
- Selaginella inaequalifolia
- Selaginella intermedia
- Selaginella involvens Selaginella involens
- Selaginella kraussiana Krauss's clubmoss
- Selaginella miniatospora
- Selaginella pennata
- Selaginella plana Asian spikemoss
- Selaginella proniflora
- Selaginella radicata
- Selaginella repanda
- Selaginella sulcata
- Selaginella tenella delicate spikemoss
- Selaginella tenera
- Selaginella uncinata Peacock Spikemoss
- Selaginella vogelii
- Selaginella wallichii
- Selaginella willdenowii Willdenow's spikemoss
- Selliguea hastata
- Sphaeropteris crinita EN
- Sphaerostephanos arbuscula
- Sphaerostephanos subtruncatus
- Stenochlaena palustris swamp vine fern
- Tectaria coadunata
- Tectaria gemmifera
- Tectaria membranacea
- Tectaria paradoxa
- Tectaria wightii
- Thelypteris confluens Swamp Fern
- Trichomanes tenuifolium
- Trigonospora calcarata
- Trigonospora tenera
Ferns and lycophytes elsewhere
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Other species of Kerala
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