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Ophioglossum reticulatum
Habit
Botanical illustration
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
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
List Ophioglossum aletum M.Patel Ophioglossum austroasiaticum Nishida Ophioglossum chaloneri H.K.Goswami Ophioglossum cognatum C.Presl Ophioglossum cordifolium Roxb. Ophioglossum cumingianum C.Presl Ophioglossum holm-nielsenii B.Øllg. Ophioglossum moluccanum f. dilatatum Miq. Ophioglossum obovatum Miq. Ophioglossum ovatum Bory Ophioglossum pedunculatum Desv. & Nakai Ophioglossum peruvianum C.Presl Ophioglossum raciborskii Alderw. Ophioglossum ramosii Copel. Ophioglossum reticulatum var. acutius Christ Ophioglossum reticulatum f. dilatatum (Miq.) Wieff. Ophioglossum reticulatum var. polyangium Christ Ophioglossum timorense Miq. Ophioglossum usterianum Christ Ophioglossum vulgatum var. minutum F.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. 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. A hexaploid, it has the highest number of chromosomes of any plant, 720. Its leaves—or leaf, individuals only grow one per year—are edible, and are regularly consumed by people in Africa and Asia.

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. 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.

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