Tectaria zeylanica

Tectaria zeylanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Pteridopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Family:	Tectariaceae
Genus:	Tectaria
Species:	T. zeylanica
Binomial name
Tectaria zeylanica (Houtt.) Sledge

Tectaria zeylanica (Oak leaf fern) is a species of fern in the Tectariaceae family, native to Sri Lanka, India, southern China, Taiwan, and Vietnam. It is a small fern, with erect fertile fronds, and sterile fronds shaped like small oak leaves.

Synonym

• Quercifilix zeylanica

Source

• Kew Bull. 27: 422 (1972)
• Barbara Joe Hoshizaki, Robbin Craig Moran, Fern grower's manual, 2nd edition, Timber Press, 2001, page 517. ISBN 9780881924954.
• V. S. Manickam, S. Harikrishanan, A. Bennianim and H. Joseph, "Rediscovery of Tectaria zeylanica (Houtt.) Sledge family: Dryopteridaecae: a rare species of Western Ghats, South India", Indian Fern Journal, Volume 20 No. 1-2 2003, pages 94-96.