Pyrrosia lingua is a species of epiphytic fern in the family Polypodiaceae. It occurs through China and Southeast Asia and into Japan and Taiwan.[1] Pyrrosia lingua is grown as a cultivated plant, and multiple named cultivars have been developed.[2]

Pyrrosia lingua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Pyrrosia
Species:
P. lingua
Binomial name
Pyrrosia lingua
Pyrrosia lingua

References

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  1. ^ "Pyrrosia lingua Farw". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  2. ^ "Pyrrosia lingua (Felt Fern, Tongue Fern) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox". plants.ces.ncsu.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  • K.H. Shing, (1983). A Reclassification of the Fern Genus Pyrrosia, American Fern Journal, Vol. 73, No. 3.
  • W.L. Chiou, C.E. Martin, T.C. Lin, C.C. Hsu, S.H. Lin and K.C. Lin, (2005). Ecophysiological Differences between Sterile and Fertile Fronds of the Subtropical Epiphytic Fern Pyrrosia lingua (Polypodiaceae) in Taiwan, American Fern Journal, Vol. 95, No. 4.