Studies on the genus Pseudocyclosorus ching (Thelypteridaceae - Pteridophyta) of Western Ghats of Karnataka, India

Pseudocyclosorus tylodes (Kunze) Ching and Pseudocyclosorus ochthodes (Kunze) Holttum are the two rare ferns collected from the Western Ghats ranges of the Kudremukh National Park of the Karnataka State. The present collection of P. tylodes is the first report of this species from Karnataka.