Common name
English: Hart's Tonguefern
German: Hirschzungenfarn
Portuguese: Língua-cervina
English: Hart's Tonguefern
German: Hirschzungenfarn
Portuguese: Língua-cervina
Kingdom: Plantae (2595)
Phylum: Pteridophyta (46)
Class: Polypodiopsida (35)
Order: Polypodiales (34)
Family: Aspleniaceae (4)
Genus: Asplenium (4)
Epithet: scolopendrium L. (1)
scolopendrium => refers to the sori that are arranged rows which resemble the many legs of a centipede (skolopenda meaning centipede in Greek)
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
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