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Tectaria zeilanica, the oak leaf fern, is a species of fern in the family Tectariaceae. It is native to Sri Lanka, India, and the Indochina region in southern China and Vietnam, and Taiwan.

Tectaria zeilanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Polypodiineae
Family:	Tectariaceae
Genus:	Tectaria
Species:	T. zeilanica
Binomial name
Tectaria zeilanica (Houtt.) Sledge

It is a small fern, with erect fertile fronds, and sterile fronds shaped like small oak leaves. The name is often erroneously spelled 'zeylanica', but it was originally published as 'zeilanica', and this is not a correctable error under the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants.

Synonym

• Quercifilix zeilanica

References

• Kew Bull. 27: 422 (1972)
• Barbara Joe Hoshizaki, Robbin Craig Moran, Fern grower's manual, 2nd edition, Timber Press, 2001, page 517. ISBN 978-0-88192-495-4.
• 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.

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