Ophioglossum reticulatum

Ophioglossum reticulatum L., Sp. Pl.: 1063 (1753) (syn: Ophioglossum aletum M.Patel, M.N.Reddy & H.K.Goswami ; Ophioglossum austroasiaticum Nishida ; Ophioglossum chaloneri H.K.Goswami, M.Patel & K.K.Nag ; 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);
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Tropics & Subtropics: Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Galápagos, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe as per POWO;
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ID request-010810-PKA2 – efloraofindia | Google Groups: 3 images.
Came across this herb at Purandar fort. One single leaf was seen at the bottom almost adhering to the ground, reminding me of the leaf of Hebenaria grandifloriformis. Not sure as to what this could be. Kindly help me in identification.
Date/Time: 31-07-2010 / 08:15AM
Location: Purandar Fort
Habitat: Wild
Plant habit: Herb.

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Ophioglosum reticulasum

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Yes this is Ophioglossum, ophio meaning snake and glossum meaning toungue. One the basis of snake toungue like structure of the sporophyte. But leaves are too small to be reticulatum I think.

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Ophioglossum reticulasum is a great choice but not sure of the species but Ophioglossum for sure.

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It remineded me that i too have pics of Ophioglossum sp. and i had taken these pics one year ago.
i have dug them out from my database and put up in a separate mail

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Ophioglossum reticulatum to be precise.

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