Ophioderma palmatum variously known as hand fern dwarf staghorn or hand tongue is a terrestrial fern-like plant. The genus Ophioderma is in the family Ophioglossaceae of the order Ophioglossales a small group of non-flowering vascular plants. The hand fern is an epiphyte growing in old leaf bases of the Cabbage palmetto (Sabal palm). It is closely related to and sometimes treated as a subgenus of the genus Ophioglossum.
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