Biology:Elaphoglossum nervosum

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Short description: Species of fern

Elaphoglossum nervosum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Elaphoglossum
Species:
E. nervosum
Binomial name
Elaphoglossum nervosum
(Bory) Christ
Synonyms[1]
  • Aconiopteris nervosa (Bory) J.Sm.
  • Aconiopteris subdiaphana (Hook. & Grev.) C.Presl
  • Acrostichum nervosum Bory
  • Acrostichum subdiaphanum Hook. & Grev.
  • Olfersia nervosa (Bory) T.Moore
  • Olfersia subdiaphana (Hook. & Grev.) T.Moore

Elaphoglossum nervosum, the veined tongue-fern, is a species of herbaceous epiphytic plant in the Dryopteridaceae family.[2]

Description

It is a fern with short, scaly, black, sterile leaves approximately 12-25 cm long.[2]

Distribution

The species is endemic to Saint Helena.

Taxonomy

It was first described as Acrostichum nervosum by Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent in 1829. In 1899 Konrad Hermann Heinrich Christ placed the species in genus Elaphoglossum as E. nervosum.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Elaphoglossum nervosum (Bory) Christ | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17104500-1. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Taxon Details: Elaphoglossum nervosum (Bory) Christ" (in en-US). http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/projects/elaphoglossum/taxon-details/?irn=260749. 

Wikidata ☰ Q17093509 entry



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