Ferns and lycophytes of Tamil Nadu
288 ferns and lycophytes on the India list have an open record placed in Tamil Nadu, 4 of them threatened (1 Critically Endangered, 2 Endangered and 1 Vulnerable) and 13 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 Tamil Nadu (4)
Ferns and lycophytes of Tamil Nadu endemic to India (13)
All ferns and lycophytes of Tamil Nadu on the list (288)
- Acrostichum aureum Golden Leather Fern
- Actiniopteris radiata Fan-Leaved Fern
- Adiantum capillus-veneris black maidenhair fern
- Adiantum caudatum Trailing maidenhair fern
- Adiantum ciliatum
- Adiantum concinnum polished maidenhair
- Adiantum edgeworthii
- Adiantum hispidulum Rough Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum incisum Torn Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum philippense Walking Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum raddianum Delta Maidenhair Fern
- Adiantum trapeziforme Diamond maidenhair fern
- Adiantum zollingeri
- Aleuritopteris anceps
- Aleuritopteris bullosa blistered polypodial
- Aleuritopteris chusana
- Aleuritopteris elegans
- Aleuritopteris farinosa
- Aleuritopteris insignis
- Alsophila latebrosa
- Alsophila nilgirensis CR
- Alsophila spinulosa Spiny Tree Fern
- Amblovenatum terminans
- Anemia schimperiana
- Angiopteris annamensis
- Angiopteris evecta king fern
- Anisocampium cumingianum
- Antrophyum plantagineum
- Arachniodes amabilis
- Arachniodes aristata Prickly Shield fern
- Arachniodes coniifolia
- Arachniodes palmipes
- Arachniodes pseudoaristata
- Arachniodes sledgei
- Arachniodes tripinnata
- Asplenium aethiopicum African Spleenwort
- Asplenium affine
- Asplenium auritum
- Asplenium caudatum speenwort
- Asplenium crinicaule
- Asplenium decrescens
- Asplenium ensiforme
- Asplenium erectum Erect Spleenwort
- Asplenium formosum showy spleenwort
- Asplenium inaequilaterale Lolly Spleenwort
- Asplenium laciniatum
- Asplenium lunulatum Moon-Slice Spleenwort
- Asplenium mysorense
- Asplenium normale Rainforest Spleenwort
- Asplenium polyodon Mare's Tail Fern
- Asplenium serricula
- Asplenium sulcatum
- Asplenium tenuifolium NT
- Asplenium yoshinagae
- Asplenium zenkerianum
- Athyrium anisopterum
- Athyrium gymnogrammoides
- Athyrium nigripes
- Athyrium praetermissum
- Athyrium puncticaule
- Athyrium solenopteris
- Austroblechnum colensoi
- Azolla filiculoides water fern
- Azolla pinnata Feathered Mosquito Fern
- Blechnopsis orientalis
- Blechnum occidentale Hammock fern
- Bolbitis appendiculata
- Bolbitis aspleniifolia DD
- Bolbitis lancea
- Bolbitis semicordata
- Bolbitis terminans
- Bosmania membranacea
- Botrypus virginianus rattlesnake fern
- Ceratopteris thalictroides Water Fern
- Choristosoria viridis
- Christella dentata Soft Fern
- Christella euphlebia
- Christella meeboldii
- Christella parasitica Parasitic Tri-vein Fern
- Coryphopteris hirsutipes
- Crepidomanes bipunctatum
- Crepidomanes campanulatum
- Crepidomanes latealatum
- Crepidomanes parvulum
- Crepidomanes pyxidiferum
- Crepidomanes saxifragoides Small Filmy Fern
- Crepidomanes schmidianum
- Cyclosorus interruptus Swamp Shield-fern
- Cyrtomium anomophyllum
- Cyrtomium caryotideum kā‘ape‘ape
- Cyrtomium falcatum Japanese holly-fern
- Cyrtomium micropterum
- Davallodes hymenophylloides
- Davallodes pulchra
- Deparia boryana
- Deparia lancea
- Deparia petersenii Japanese lady fern
- Dicranopteris linearis false staghorn fern
- Dicranopteris taiwanensis
- Didymoglossum bimarginatum
- Didymoglossum exiguum VU
- Diphasiastrum wightianum
- Diplazium bantamense
- Diplazium beddomei
- Diplazium brachylobum
- Diplazium dilatatum Widened Twin-sorus Fern
- Diplazium esculentum Vegetable Fern
- Diplazium leptophyllum
- Diplazium maximum
- Diplazium muricatum
- Diplazium polypodioides
- Diplazium spiniferum
- Diplazium sylvaticum
- Diplazium travancoricum
- Diplazium virescens
- Doodia dives
- Doryopteris concolor Geranium Fern
- Drynaria quercifolia Oakleaf fern
- Dryopteris approximata
- Dryopteris atrata
- Dryopteris cochleata
- Dryopteris crinalis serpent woodfern
- Dryopteris filix-mas male fern
- Dryopteris fructuosa
- Dryopteris hirtipes
- Dryopteris marginata
- Dryopteris odontoloma
- Dryopteris scabrosa
- Dryopteris serratodentata
- Dryopteris sledgei
- Dryopteris sparsa
- Dryopteris wallichiana Wallich's wood fern
- Elaphoglossum angulatum DD
- Elaphoglossum beddomei EN
- Elaphoglossum feei
- Elaphoglossum stelligerum
- Equisetum ramosissimum Branched Horsetail
- Glaphyropteridopsis erubescens
- Gymnosphaera gigantea
- Gymnosphaera glabra
- Haplopteris elongata Tape Fern
- Haplopteris flexuosa
- Hymenasplenium cheilosorum
- Hymenasplenium excisum
- Hymenasplenium obscurum
- Hymenasplenium unilaterale Halved-Spleenwort
- Hymenophyllum acanthoides
- Hymenophyllum denticulatum
- Hymenophyllum exsertum
- Hypodematium chrysolepis
- Hypodematium crenatum
- Hypolepis dicksonioides Giant hypolepis
- Hypolepis punctata
- Hypolepis resistens Downy Ground fern
- Isoetes coromandelina
- Japanobotrychium lanuginosum
- Japanobotrychum lanuginosum
- Lastreopsis tenera Broad Shield Fern
- Lepisorus amaurolepidus
- Lepisorus eilophyllus
- Lepisorus nudus
- Lepisorus thunbergianus Weeping Fern
- Leptochilus decurrens
- Leptochilus lanceolatus
- Leptochilus plantagineus
- Leptochilus pteropus
- Leptogramma mollissima
- Leptogramma pozoi
- Leptogramma totta
- Leucostegia immersa
- Lindsaea cultrata
- Lindsaea ensifolia Graceful Necklace Fern
- Loxogramme chinensis
- Loxogramme cuspidata
- Loxogramme involuta
- Lycopodium clavatum stag's-horn clubmoss
- Lygodium flexuosum Flexuose Climbing Fern
- Lygodium microphyllum Climbing Maidenhair
- Macrothelypteris ornata
- Macrothelypteris torresiana Mariana Maiden Fern
- Marsilea coromandelina
- Marsilea minuta Dwarf Water Clover
- Marsilea quadrifolia clover fern
- Metathelypteris flaccida
- Microlepia platyphylla
- Microlepia speluncae limpleaf fern
- Microlepia strigosa hay-scented fern
- Microsorum cuspidatum
- Microsorum nigrescens
- Microsorum punctatum Elkhorn fern
- Nephrolepis biserrata Broad Sword Fern
- Nephrolepis brownii Brown's sword fern
- Nephrolepis cordifolia Fishbone Fern
- Nephrolepis falcata Fishtail Swordfern
- Odontosoria chinensis Fairy Fern
- Oleandra musifolia
- Ophioglossum petiolatum stalked adder's-tongue
- Ophioglossum reticulatum stalked adder's-tongue
- Oreogrammitis medialis
- Osmolindsaea odorata
- Osmunda acuta
- Osmunda regalis American royal fern
- Palhinhaea cernua staghorn clubmoss
- Parahemionitis arifolia
- Parapolystichum rufescens
- Pellaeopsis boivinii
- Phlebodium aureum golden polypody
- Phlegmariurus hamiltonii
- Phlegmariurus phlegmaria Coarse Tassel Fern
- Phlegmariurus phyllanthus wāwae‘iole
- Pityrogramma austroamericana gold fern
- Pityrogramma calomelanos silver fern
- Pleopeltis macrocarpa Bigfruit Scaly Polypody
- Polystichum aculeatum hard shield fern
- Polystichum anomalum
- Polystichum discretum
- Polystichum harpophyllum
- Polystichum lentum Himalayan holly fern
- Polystichum manickamianum
- Polystichum piceopaleaceum
- Polystichum squarrosum
- Polystichum subinerme
- Prosaptia contigua
- Pseudocyclosorus ochthodes
- Pseudocyclosorus tylodes
- Pseudophegopteris pyrrhorachis
- Psilotum nudum skeleton fork fern
- Pteridium aquilinum common bracken
- Pteridium aquilinum wightianum
- Pteris argyraea
- Pteris arisanensis
- Pteris aspericaulis
- Pteris biaurita thinleaf brake
- Pteris blumeana
- Pteris camerooniana
- Pteris cretica Cretan brake
- Pteris ensiformis Slender Bracken
- Pteris fauriei
- Pteris geminata
- Pteris longipes
- Pteris longipinnula
- Pteris mertensioides
- Pteris multiaurita
- Pteris pellucida
- Pteris praetermissa
- Pteris quadriaurita
- Pteris scabripes
- Pteris tripartita Giant Brake
- Pteris vittata Ladder brake
- Ptisana fraxinea Pitted Potato Fern
- Pyrrosia lanceolata Lanceleaf Tongue Fern
- Pyrrosia lingua tongue fern
- Pyrrosia longifolia Long-leaved Pyrrosia
- Pyrrosia piloselloides Dragon-Scale fern
- Pyrrosia porosa
- Salvinia cucullata asian watermoss
- Salvinia minima water spangles
- Salvinia molesta Giant Salvinia
- Salvinia natans floating fern
- Sceptridium daucifolium
- Selaginella delicatula Delicate spikemoss
- Selaginella inaequalifolia
- Selaginella intermedia
- Selaginella involvens Selaginella involens
- Selaginella miniatospora
- Selaginella monospora
- Selaginella repanda
- Selaginella rupestris rock spikemoss
- Selaginella tamariscina
- Selaginella tenera
- Selaginella vaginata
- Selaginella vogelii
- Selaginella wightii
- Selaginella willdenowii Willdenow's spikemoss
- Selaginella wrightii Wright's Spikemoss
- Sphaeropteris crinita EN
- Sphaerostephanos arbuscula
- Sphaerostephanos subtruncatus
- Strophocaulon unitum
- Tectaria coadunata
- Tectaria gemmifera
- Tectaria paradoxa
- Tectaria wightii
- Tectaria zeilanica
- Thelypteris confluens Swamp Fern
- Thelypteris palustris marsh fern
- Trigonospora caudipinna
- Trigonospora tenera
Ferns and lycophytes elsewhere
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Other species of Tamil Nadu
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