NOUN | plant | hart's-tongue fern, hart's-tongue, Olfersia cervina, Polybotrya cervina, Polybotria cervina | tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds |
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plant | hart's-tongue fern, hart's-tongue, Asplenium scolopendrium, Phyllitis scolopendrium | Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds | |
plant | hart's-tongue fern, Florida strap fern, cow-tongue fern | common epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial fern having pale yellow-green strap-shaped leaves |
Meaning | Tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya. | |
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Synonyms | hart's-tongue, Olfersia cervina, Polybotrya cervina, Polybotria cervina | |
Broader | fern | Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward |
Meaning | Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds. | |
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Synonyms | hart's-tongue, Asplenium scolopendrium, Phyllitis scolopendrium | |
Member of | Asplenium, genus Asplenium | In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae |
Broader | fern | Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward |
Meaning | Common epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial fern having pale yellow-green strap-shaped leaves; Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Uruguay. | |
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Synonyms | Florida strap fern, cow-tongue fern | |
Broader | strap fern | fern with long narrow strap-shaped leaves |
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