Ophioglossum gomezianum Welw. ex A. Br. apud Kuhn

gomezianum: named after Mr. B. Gomez (1806-1877), Portuguese botanist.

Rhizome short, ellipsoid or oval, sometimes with a few short persistent leaf bases; roots descending, then horizontal, proliferous. Leaves up to 4 leaves but mostly 2, arising from ground level, held at 45-75° from the horizontal, bright to yellowish green. Petiole up to 2.5 cm long, subterranean for most of its length. Sterile lamina 10-35 × 5-9.5 mm, elliptic in outline, apex pointed, base narrowly wedge-shaped; fertile segment 3-9 cm long, inserted at or just above the base of the lamina. Sporangia 8-14 pairs.

Widespread in tropical Africa, southwards to Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and South Africa, India.