Ophioglossum Linnaeus 1753 (adder's tongue fern)

Pteridopsida - Ophioglossales - Ophioglossidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Parent taxon: Ophioglossoideae according to PPG. I 2016

See also Knowlton 1919

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Ophioglossum flexuosum Ophioglossum lusitanicum Ophioglossum palmatum Ophioglossum reticulatum Ophioglossum scandens Ophioglossum vulgatum

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Type: Ophioglossum vulgatum

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ophioglossum in the database

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