Elaphoglossum dimorphum

Short description: Species of fern

Elaphoglossum dimorphum

Conservation status

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Division:  | Polypodiophyta
Class:  | Polypodiopsida
Order:  | Polypodiales
Suborder:  | Polypodiineae
Family:  | Dryopteridaceae
Genus:  | Elaphoglossum
Species:  |

E. dimorphum

Binomial name
Elaphoglossum dimorphum

Hook. & Grev.

Elaphoglossum dimorphum, the toothed tongue-fern, is a herbaceous plant, a member of the Dryopteridaceae family.

## Contents

* 1 Distribution
* 2 Taxonomy
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Distribution

It is an endemic species to St. Helena.[1]

## Taxonomy

It was named by Joseph Dalton Hooker and Robert Kaye Greville, in Moore. In: Ind. Fil. 8\. in 1857.[2]

## References

1. ↑ "Elaphoglossum dimorphum (Hook. & Grev.) T.Moore | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17103140-1.
2. ↑ "Elaphoglossum dimorphum (Hook. & Grev.) Moore" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/4011571.

## External links

* https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/121638
* https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-three-species-of-Elaphoglossum-endemic-to-St-Helena-Island-E-dimorphum-A-Habit_fig3_225789189
* https://www.jstor.org/stable/40648181

Wikidata ☰ Q17091937 entry

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