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Fan-Leaved Fern

Actiniopteris radiata

Fan-Leaved Fern (Actiniopteris radiata) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Jamwa Ramgarh, Vishanpura, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name
Actiniopteris radiata
Family
Pteridaceae, order Polypodiales
Group
Plant

A tiny green fan growing out of bare stone.

  • Spot it Fan-shaped, finely split fronds in a small rosette.
  • Home Wall cracks, rocks and dry slopes.
  • Food web Gives shelter to tiny insects and spreads by spores, not seeds.
  • Why it matters Ferns like this are early settlers on bare rock; they trap dust and moisture so soil can slowly form for other plants.

Read more: Actiniopteris radiata on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 2 verified records of this species on iNaturalist, between 2007 and 2009, in Jamwa Ramgarh and Vishanpura.[20]
  • RajasthanHis note on one photo reads “Observe in Forest Area of Tonk Forest Division”.[20]

Sources

  1. Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
  2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  3. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  4. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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