Pyrrosia lingua




Family Polypodiaceae
Scientific name Pyrrosia lingua (Thunberg) Farwell
Synonyms Acrostichum lingua Thunberg; Cyclophorus bodinieri H. Léveillé; Cyclophorus lingua (Thunberg) Desvaux; Cyclophorus lingua (Thunberg) Desvaux var. angustifrons Hayata; Cyclopholus taiwanensis (Christ) C. Christensen; Niphobolus lingua (Thunberg) Sprengel; Nipholus bodmartini Christ; Polycampium lingua (Thunberg) C. Presl; Polypodium lingua (Thunberg) Swartz; Polypodium tiwannensis Christ; Pyrrosia caudifrons Ching; Pyrrosia martini (Christ) Ching; Pyrrosia medogenensis Ching & S. K. Wu; Pyrrosia oblonga Ching
Common name (Japanese common name) hitotsu-ba [one leaf fern]
(English common name) felt fern, pyrrosia, Japanese felt fern, Japanese wild tongue staghorn like fern, tongue fern
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar
Chromosomal number 2n=74
Description Leaves 7-20cm length. Evergreen. Epiphyte on old trees or lithophyte on stone walls.
Reference Pyrrosia lingua (Thunb.) Farwell
Pyrrosia lingua (Thunb.) Farw.



August 2007
at Higashiyama Botanical Garden
August 2007
at Higashiyama Botanical Garden
August 2007
at Higashiyama Botanical Garden



August 2007
at Higashiyama Botanical Garden