Vs. Manickam et al., COLYSIS-X-BEDDOMEI (POLYPODIACEAE, PTERIDOPHYTA) - A NEW INTERSPECIFIC FERN HYBRID FROM INDIA, BURMA AND CHINA, Taxon, 46(2), 1997, pp. 265-268
The new fern hybrid Colysis xbeddomei Manickam & Irudayaraj (Colysis d
ecurrens x C. hemionitidea) is described and illustrated. It was first
collected in south India by Beddome, before 1883, and was then assign
ed to Gymnopteris variabilis. The morphological variation of the hybri
d is discussed on the basis of newly collected material from the same
area and of herbarium specimens from Burma and China.