Pushpesh Joshi1, Brijesh Kumar2, Deen Dayal Giri3, Rinky Tiwari4, Himanshu Dwivedi3,

1Department of Botany, Uttarakhand Open University, Haldwani, Uttarakhand.

2Botanical Survey of India, N. R. C., Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

3Maharaj Singh. College Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

4Meerut College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.

E-mail:  dwivedihimanshu123@gmail.com.

Abstract

The present enumerate the taxa of genus Athyrium Roth in Central India. In the study area, the genus is represented by five species. A brief taxonomic description of each species have been provided including two endemic species i.e. Athyrium parasnathense (C.B.Clarke) Ching ex Bir and A. hohenackerianum (Kunze) T. Moore to facilitate their future identification.

Keywords: Athyrium, Central India, Pteridophytes, Endemic.

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