Pyrrosia lingua is a species of epiphyticfern in the family Polypodiaceae. It occurs through China and Southeast Asia and into Japan and Taiwan.[1]Pyrrosia lingua is grown as a cultivated plant, and multiple named cultivars have been developed.[2]
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