Ophioglossum reticulatum

Ophioglossum reticulatum
Habit
Botanical illustration
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Ophioglossales
Family:	Ophioglossaceae
Genus:	Ophioglossum
Species:	O. reticulatum
Binomial name
Ophioglossum reticulatum L.
Synonyms [2]
List Ophioglossum aletumM.Patel Ophioglossum austroasiaticumNishida Ophioglossum chaloneriH.K.Goswami Ophioglossum cognatumC.Presl Ophioglossum cordifoliumRoxb. Ophioglossum cumingianumC.Presl Ophioglossum holm-nielseniiB.Øllg. Ophioglossum moluccanum f. dilatatumMiq. Ophioglossum obovatumMiq. Ophioglossum ovatumBory Ophioglossum pedunculatumDesv. & Nakai Ophioglossum peruvianumC.Presl Ophioglossum raciborskiiAlderw. Ophioglossum ramosiiCopel. Ophioglossum reticulatum var. acutiusChrist Ophioglossum reticulatum f. dilatatum(Miq.) Wieff. Ophioglossum reticulatum var. polyangiumChrist Ophioglossum timorenseMiq. Ophioglossum usterianumChrist Ophioglossum vulgatum var. minutumF.M.Bailey Ophioglossum vulgatum var. reticulatum(L.) D.C.Eaton

Ophioglossum reticulatum, the netted adder's-tongue, is a species of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae. ^[3] It has a pantropical/pansubtropical distribution; Latin America, the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, Yemen, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, warmer parts of China, Malesia, Korea, Japan, and many tropical islands. ^[2] It is a hexaploid and has the highest known number of chromosomes of any plant, 720. ^[4] Its leaves—or leaf, individuals only grow one per year—are edible, and are regularly consumed by people in Africa and Asia. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. Irudayaraj, V. (2011). "Ophioglossum reticulatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T194160A8885705. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T194160A8885705.en . Retrieved 28 November 2022.
2. "Ophioglossum reticulatum L." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 2 September 2022.
3. Schoch, C. L.; Ciufo, S.; Domrachev, M.; Hotton, C. L.; Kannan, S.; Khovanskaya, R.; Leipe, D.; McVeigh, R.; O'Neill, K.; Robbertse, B.; Sharma, S.; Soussov, V.; Sullivan, J. P.; Sun, L.; Turner, S.; Karsch-Mizrachi, I. (2020). "NCBI Taxonomy: A comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools". Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation. 2020: baaa062. doi:10.1093/database/baaa062. PMC   7408187 . PMID   32761142.
4. Lukhtanov, Vladimir (2015). "The blue butterfly Polyommatus (Plebicula) atlanticus (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) holds the record of the highest number of chromosomes in the non-polyploid eukaryotic organisms". Comparative Cytogenetics. 9 (4): 683–690. Bibcode:2015ComCy...9..683L. doi: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v9i4.5760 . PMC   4698580 . PMID   26753083.
5. Maroyi, Alfred (2014). "Not just minor wild edible forest products: Consumption of pteridophytes in sub-Saharan Africa". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 10: 78. doi: 10.1186/1746-4269-10-78 . PMC   4290087 . PMID   25534561.
6. Ojha, Rijan; Devkota, Hari Prasad (2021). "Edible and Medicinal Pteridophytes of Nepal: A Review". Ethnobotany Research and Applications. 22. doi: 10.32859/era.22.16.1-16 . S2CID   239709292.