Bolbitis appendiculata

Bolbitis appendiculata is a lithophyte in the family Dryopteridaceae, seen in evergreen forests. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Borneo, Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Java, Malaysia, Philippines, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Fronds are dimorphic, scaly beneath and hairy above. Sterile lamina dark green and simply pinnate, stalked, oblong, serrate with larger pinnae in the middle, reduced towards both ends. Fertile lamina narrower, elliptic, obtuse and base unequal. Dark brown to black sporangia covers almost the entirety of the underside of the leaf surface (acrostichoid).^[3]

Bolbitis appendiculata
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Polypodiineae
Family:	Dryopteridaceae
Genus:	Bolbitis
Species:	B. appendiculata
Binomial name
Bolbitis appendiculata (Willd.) K.Iwats.
Synonyms[2]
List Acrostichum appendiculatum Willd. Gymnogramma auriculatum Kaulf. Polybotrya marginata Blume Acrostichum hamiltonianum Wall. Acrostichum setosum Wall. Acrostichum wightianum Wall. Egenolfia hamiltoniana Schott Polybotrya appendiculata (Willd.) J.Sm. Acrostichum alatum Roxb. Lacaussadea appendiculata (Willd.) Gaudich. Egenolfia gaudichaudiana Fée Egenolfia marginata (Blume) Fée Egenolfia montana (Gaudich.) Fée Egenolfia schottii Fée Lacaussadea montana Gaudich. Polybotrya gaudichaudiana (Fée) T.Moore Polybotrya montana (Gaudich.) T.Moore Egenolfia appendiculata (Willd.) J.Sm. Acrostichum alatum f. minutum Kuhn Polybotrya appendiculata var. marginata C.Chr. Egenolfia aspleniifolia var. moniliformis Tardieu & C.Chr. Egenolfia aspleniifolia var. montana (Gaudich.) Tardieu & C.Chr. Egenolfia appendiculata var. moniliformis (Tardieu & C.Chr.) Tardieu & C.Chr. Egenolfia appendiculata var. montana (Gaudich.) Tardieu & C.Chr. Egenolfia keralensis B.K.Nayar & Kaur Egenolfia crenata Ching & P.S.Chiu ex Ching & C.H.Wang Bolbitis appendiculata var. kummatta B.K.Nayar & Geev.