Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Ophioglossum reticulatum
lengua de serpiente, netted adderstongue
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Pteridophyta
Class
Pteridopsida
Order
Ophiohlossales
Family
Ophioglossaceae
Genus
Ophioglossum
Species
reticulatum
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Ophioglossum peruvianum C. Presl
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Eliasson, U. (1968) Studies in Galápagos Plants. VII. On Some New Or Otherwise Noteworthy Plants from the Archipielago. Botaniska Notiser 121: 630-640.
- Itow, S. (1987) Comunidades Herbaceas y Ericaceas en las tierras altas de Santa Cruz Islas Galápagos. Pg. 52 - 65. Memorias: Taller sobre investigación Botánica y manejo en Galápagos.
- Itow, S. (1997) List of Plant Specimens collected in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Bulletin of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Nagasaki University, Natural Science, 38 (1): 53-144.
- Morton, C.V. (1957) Ferns of the Galápagos Islands. Leafl. West. Bot. 8(8): 188-195.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Van der Werff, H.H. (1987) Los Helechos como indicadores de tipos de vegetación en las Islas Galápagos. Memorias. Investigación Botánica y Manejo en Galápagos. Pg.88-103
- Van der Werff, H.H. (s.a.) Pers. obs. and colls. Personal observations and collections.
- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
- Øllgaard, B. (2001) Ophioglossaceae. Fl. Ecuador 66: 5–20.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Ophioglossum reticulatum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=21. Accessed 1 November 2026.