Characteristics
Pteridophytes
Ophioglossum palmatum L.
HAND FERN
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Because of its divergent morphology from other species of Ophioglossum, this species has often been classified in Cheiroglossa (Shinohara et al. 2013; PPG I 2016).
Native
Endangered-State
FAC+ (NWPL)
Classification
Citation
OPHIOGLOSSUM PALMATUM Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1063. 1753.
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HAITI: Fond de Baudin near Leogane (lectotype: Plumier, Traité Foug. Amér. t. 163. 1705). Lectotypified by Proctor, in R. A. Howard, Fl. Less. Antill., Pterid. 45. 1977.