Pyrrosia lingua

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

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]

References

• 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.