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

Elaphoglossum nervosum, the veined tongue-fern, is a herbaceous plant, a member of the Dryopteridaceae family.[1]

Description

It is a fern with short, scaly, black, sterile leaves approximately 12-25 cm long.[1]

Distribution

It is an endemic species to St. Helena.

Taxonomy

It was named by Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent,. In: Mon. 50, t. 13. in 1899.[2]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q17093509 entry