| Old-world adder's tongue | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Ophioglossales |
| Family: | Ophioglossaceae |
| Genus: | Ophioderma |
| Species: | O. pendulum |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophioderma pendulum (L.) C. Presl | |
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Ophioderma pendulum is sometimes known as the old-world adder's-tongue. In Malaysia, it is known as daun rambu. It is a fern in the family Ophioglossaceae, and is the type species of the genus Ophioderma. It is most noteworthy for the length of its pendant fronds, up to 14 ft 9 in (4.5 meters) in length and three inches (8 cm) wide produced at intervals along a tree-clinging rhizome.
Ophioderma pendulum is a common epiphyte in the East Indies.
Taxonomy
Linnaeus was the first to describe this species with the binomial Ophioglossum pendulum in his Species Plantarum of 1753.
References
- St. John, Harold (1940-06-26), "Ophioglossum, Rollandia, and Scaevola: Hawaiian Plant Studies", Occasional Papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 15: 28
- Huxley, Anthony, ed. (1992). New Royal Hort. Soc. Dictionary of Gardening - Volume 3. London: MacMillan Press. p. 376.
- Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species Plantarum. Vol. II (1st ed.). Stockholm: Laurentii Salvii. p. 1063.
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