Cheiroglossa palmata

Hand fern

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Ophioglossales
Family: Ophioglossaceae
Genus: Cheiroglossa
Species:
C. palmata
Binomial name
Cheiroglossa palmata
(L.) Presl[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Cheiroglossa austrobrasiliensis Brade (synonym)
  • Ophioderma palmatum (L.) Nakai
  • Ophioglossum palmatum L.

Cheiroglossa palmata, synonyms Ophioderma palmatum and Ophioglossum palmatum, variously known as hand fern, dwarf staghorn, or hand tongue, is an epiphytic or terrestrial fern. As an epiphyte it grows in old leaf bases of the cabbage palmetto (Sabal palm).

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