Research Article
Morphological and Ethnobotanical Aspects of Ten Common Species of Ferns and Fern Allies Belonging to Families Dennstaedtiaceae, Dryopteridaceae, Equisetaceae & Blechnaceae from District Kinnaur of Himachal Pradesh
HC Negi1*, Nitesh Kumar2, Ruchi Negi3 and Stuti Rawat4
*Corresponding author: H.C. Negi, Department of Botany, Thakur Sen Negi Government College, Reckong Peo
(H.P.) 172107 E-mail: hcn0918@gmail.com
Copyright:© Negi HC, et al. 2023. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License,
which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Article Information: Submission: 16/12/2022; Accepted: 26/01/2023; Published: 31/01/2023
Abstract
Extensive documentation of ethnobotanically important pteridophytes remains lacking though vascular cryptogams are used by indigenous people to a
great extent. Therefore, this paper gives an account of the useful pteridophytes of the Kinnaur district of H.P. The present study focuses on the morphological
and ethnobotanical study of 10 common species of ferns and fern allies viz Cyrtomium caryotideum, Dennstaedtia scabra, Dryopteris barbigera, Dryopteris
chrysocoma, Dryopteris cochleata, Dryopteris nigropaleacea, Dryopteris panda, Equisetum arvense, Equisetum ramosissimum & Woodwardia unigemmata.
The documentation of these pteridophytes may be helpful in preserving them by local people. This may also help to popularize their uses leading to the
bioprospection of these resources.