Elaphoglossum nervosum, the veined tongue-fern, is a species of herbaceous epiphytic plant in the Dryopteridaceae family.
Description It is a fern with short, scaly, black, sterile leaves approximately 12-25 cm long.
Distribution The species is endemic to Saint Helena.
Taxonomy It was first described as Acrostichum nervosum by Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent in 1829. In 1899 Konrad Hermann Heinrich Christ placed the species in genus Elaphoglossum as E. nervosum.
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https://www.pteridoportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=Elaphoglossum%20nervosum https://plantsandplanter.org/viewer.php?type=specimen&institute=Carolina&number=102108&search=Harvey%2C-W.